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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