Walker Consultants

Walker Consultants

Data Platform Engineer

Chicago, IL (Downtown)

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$120kDetected 22 days ago
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About the role

  • The ideal candidate is comfortable working across backend development, SQL databases, data integration, and cloud application infrastructure.
  • This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who wants to grow into data platform, backend, and cloud engineering responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain relational database tables, schemas, views, stored procedures, and migrations. Refine existing database schemas, table structures, relationships, and indexing strategies
  • Develop data ingestion and transformation pipelines from financial and other internal business systems, APIs, spreadsheets, and structured documents.
  • Assist with CI/CD workflows, GitHub Actions, branch-based deployment processes, and troubleshooting failed builds.
  • Implement logging, validation, error handling, and basic monitoring for internal tools.
  • Collaborate with data science and AI engineering lead to convert prototypes into reliable internal applications.
  • Document APIs, data models, pipeline logic, deployment steps, and operational procedures.
  • Support integration with business systems such as project databases, document repositories, analytics dashboards, and AI workflow platforms.
  • Help maintain dev/test/prod environment separation and support controlled releases.
  • Support Azure-hosted application environments, including App Service, Static Web Apps, Azure SQL, Redis Cache, storage, environment variables, and deployment configuration.
  • Design, implement, and maintain relational database tables, schemas, views, stored procedures, and migrations.

Requirements

  • Required Core Technical Stack
  • 1-5 years of experience in backend development, data engineering, software engineering, or a related technical role (internships/co-ops count).
  • Experience with Node.js and/or Python for backend services or data processing.
  • Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.
  • Experience with Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Static Web Apps, Azure Functions, or Azure Storage.
  • Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Express, or similar backend frameworks.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Synapse, or similar data warehouse/lakehouse platforms is a plus.

Compensation

  • At Walker Consultants, we are committed to maintaining fairness and equity in our pay practices.
  • For this role, the estimated base salary range is $85,000 - $120,000 per year.
  • The final salary offered may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law.
  • We value open conversations about compensation and welcome the opportunity to discuss more about base salary and Walker's total rewards philosophy during the recruiting process.
  • We offer a robust total compensation and rewards package designed to support our employees' well-being, growth, and diverse needs, including:
  • Annual discretionary bonus program

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity to purchase Walker stock - Walker is 100% employee-owned!
  • Medical, dental, vision, company-paid life insurance
  • Mental wellness benefits
  • Health Savings Account with company contribution
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Spending Accounts
  • 5 days of bereavement leave and PTO Donation Bank to help during difficult times
  • Paid parental leave that allows an additional week of paid time alongside short-term disability leave and/or applicable state paid leave programs
  • Tuition and licensure reimbursement, and sponsorship of professional memberships
  • As a learning organization, our senior experts routinely share their knowledge in a collaborative environment, ensuring that best practices are carried forward to the next generation of leadership.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Tuition and licensure reimbursement, and sponsorship of professional memberships
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