Cloud Data Engineer
Empyrean
- Location
- Houston
- Workplace
- Remote
- Employment
- Full Time
- Salary
- —
Posted 1mo ago
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Responsibilities
- Design and implement AWS-native ETL/ELT pipelines
- Architect and maintain data warehouses
- Build robust data ingestion patterns
- Ensure pipelines are secure, observable, cost‑efficient, and reliable
Requirements
- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and best practices
- Expertise in SQL and query optimization for large-scale datasets
- Proficiency in cloud data platforms (AWS preferred) and associated services (Glue, Lambda, Airflow, S3, etc.)
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, C#, or similar) for ETL development and automation
- Experience designing and implementing scalable ETL/ELT pipelines
- Knowledge of modern data formats (Parquet, JSON, ORC) and file-based processing
- Experience with data modeling (star/snowflake schemas, fact/dimension design)
- Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and security in cloud environments
- 2-4 years of experience in data engineering or data warehousing
- Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (AWS strongly preferred)
- Experience building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines and warehouses
- Experience working with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Quick Sight or similar
Preferred
- Experience integrating AI/LLM tools into engineering workflows is a plus
- Experience with applied AI in data workflows is a plus
Skills
- AWS Glue
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon MWAA
- Apache Airflow
- Step Functions
- AWS Lake Formation
- Amazon Redshift
- Snowflake
- Databricks
- S3
- Python
- C#
- Parquet
- JSON
- ORC
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Quick Sight
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