HDR, Inc.

HDR, Inc.

Data Engineer 2

Omaha, Nebraska, USA · full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 53 days ago
Code ReviewGitSQLCI/CDAirflowdbtData Engineering

About the role

  • Leverage shared code and reusable components to standardize patterns, reduce duplication, and enforce consistent logic.
  • Configure and monitor source freshness expectations for important upstream datasets.
  • Participate in code reviews, follow branching standards, and adhere to quality gates and approval processes.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain batch and streaming ingestion pipelines from source systems into the enterprise data platform.
  • Implement robust error handling, retries, and recovery patterns to improve reliability.
  • Collaborate with platform teams on connectivity, access, and operational readiness.
  • Develop transformation models using a layered structure (raw, conformed, curated) to separate concerns and improve maintainability.
  • Use dependency management patterns to ensure correct build order and reproducible transformations.
  • Implement incremental processing where appropriate to reduce runtime and warehouse cost.
  • Implement data quality tests (e.g., unique, not_null, accepted_values) on critical models and key business entities.
  • Maintain model and column-level documentation; publish documentation and lineage to enable impact analysis and change management.
  • Integrate transformations into CI/CD workflows (build, test, docs generation) before promotion to higher environments.
  • Support release and rollback practices to maintain stability and reduce risk.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in data engineering, data integration, or related roles.
  • Proven SQL proficiency and experience building transformations and pipelines.
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern ELT patterns.
  • Watch Our Story:' ' Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with dbt Cloud or dbt Core in Git-integrated workflows.
  • Experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect) and scheduling patterns.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD quality gates for data (tests, linting, docs artifacts).

Company info

  • Qualifications What We Believe HDR is our company.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

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