Avetta · 20 hours ago
Data Engineer
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $165K/yr
6+ years expAvetta, LLC is a company that connects leading organizations with qualified suppliers through their SaaS platform. The Data Engineer will own and evolve the analytics engineering platform, focusing on DBT and Fivetran, while ensuring reliable and scalable data pipelines for analytics and business stakeholders.
Enterprise SoftwareLogisticsSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Own the DBT and Fivetran platforms, including configuration, environment setup, access controls, and ongoing maintenance
Manage DBT Cloud environments, including job configuration, scheduling, orchestration, and dependency management
Configure and manage Fivetran connectors, sync schedules, schemas, transformations, and performance tuning
Build, operate, and optimize end-to-end ELT pipelines from source systems through Snowflake using Fivetran and DBT
Design and maintain robust orchestration patterns for DBT runs, incremental models, and downstream dependencies
Ensure pipelines are reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient
Own and manage data platform infrastructure using Terraform to create Snowflake resources
Implement, maintain and own CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for DBT deployments, testing, and environment promotion
Implement and maintain data quality solutions (e.g., freshness checks, anomaly detection)
Build and manage monitoring and observability solutions for pipelines, jobs, and data SLAs
Define and track platform and data reliability metrics, alerting on failures, delays, or data issues
Own Snowflake administration, including warehouses, roles, permissions, resource monitoring, and cost optimization
Tune performance for DBT models and queries through clustering, warehouse sizing, and query optimization
Ensure security, governance, and best practices across Snowflake environments
Qualification
Required
Own the DBT and Fivetran platforms, including configuration, environment setup, access controls, and ongoing maintenance
Manage DBT Cloud environments, including job configuration, scheduling, orchestration, and dependency management
Configure and manage Fivetran connectors, sync schedules, schemas, transformations, and performance tuning
Build, operate, and optimize end-to-end ELT pipelines from source systems through Snowflake using Fivetran and DBT
Design and maintain robust orchestration patterns for DBT runs, incremental models, and downstream dependencies
Ensure pipelines are reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient
Own and manage data platform infrastructure using Terraform to create Snowflake resources
Implement, maintain and own CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for DBT deployments, testing, and environment promotion
Implement and maintain data quality solutions (e.g., freshness checks, anomaly detection)
Build and manage monitoring and observability solutions for pipelines, jobs, and data SLAs
Define and track platform and data reliability metrics, alerting on failures, delays, or data issues
Own Snowflake administration, including warehouses, roles, permissions, resource monitoring, and cost optimization
Tune performance for DBT models and queries through clustering, warehouse sizing, and query optimization
Ensure security, governance, and best practices across Snowflake environments
Preferred
6 years of experience in data engineering or analytics engineering, with demonstrated senior-level ownership is preferred
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, or related field is preferred
Certifications in DBT (Advanced), Snowflake (SnowPro), GitHub Actions Certification, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional is preferred
Comfortable in supporting analytics-ready DBT models, including staging, intermediate, and mart layers
Experience implementing data observability or data quality frameworks
Familiarity with modern metrics layers or semantic models
Experience supporting analytics and BI
Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills
Aptitude for Agile delivery (e.g., JIRA) and backlog management in cross-functional data teams
Benefits
Health, dental and vision insurance
401(k)
PTO
Company
Avetta
Avetta is a software company that offers a cloud-based platform for commercial marketplaces and supply chain risk management.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$35MKey Investors
Welsh Carson Anderson & StoweNorwest
2024-04-02Acquired
2019-02-14Private Equity
2018-03-21Private Equity
Leadership Team
Gretchen Eischen
Chief Market Officer
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