D.A. Davidson Companies

Senior Data Engineer

D.A. Davidson Companies

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $120,000 - $126,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Design, implement and maintain a robust, efficient and compliant application data repository and integration architecture.
  • Work with Business and IT stakeholders to assist with data-related technical issues and provide application support.
  • Coordinate, direct and oversee the work of third-party engineers through solution design reviews, code reviews and process reviews.
  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements like, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
  • Research and analyze new technologies, methodologies and architectures for viability.
  • Build and maintain a service-based architecture for web and mobile applications.
  • Work independently within a scrum delivery team, with oversight from domain and enterprise architects, in support of business-critical applications.
  • Contribute to the development of frameworks, guidelines, best practices and examples to ensure data structures and integration processes are accurate, compliant and secure.
  • Implement telemetry indicators to monitor performance, quality metrics to track accuracy and access controls to ensure compliance.

Requirements

  • Commitment to maintain client confidentiality and data security
  • Communicate in a clear and service-oriented manner; use appropriate, professional language and grammar to effectively exchange ideas and information
  • Ability to proactively work with both external and internal clients; relate with others in a professional manner to accomplish work responsibilities and objectives
  • Ability to maintain regular, predictable attendance
  • 7 or more years of Data Engineering experience in an oversight capacity
  • Extensive domain-specific experience in the Financial Services industry
  • Experience with Microsoft cloud-based technologies in a hybrid architecture
  • RDBMS expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (on prem and Azure SQL): advanced T SQL, query design, execution plans, index strategies (clustered/non clustered, filtered, included columns), partitioning, statistics, and concurrency/isolation level
  • Data modeling mastery: 3NF normalization, strategic denormalization for read models, star/snowflake schemas, surrogate vs. natural keys, referential integrity, and temporal tables for auditing/history
  • Experience performing operational analysis on internal and external data and processes to uncover failure points and identify opportunities for improvement
  • Experience designing and implementing API-oriented schemas for web and mobile application performance and optimization
  • Holistic awareness of processes supporting data preparation, metadata, dependencies, lineages, compliance and workload management
  • Understanding of meta-model and metadata management requirements
  • Security and governance experience: RBAC, least privilege, secrets management, PII handling, encryption at rest/in transit, row level security, auditing, and compliance (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)
  • Specific skills include:
  • Extensive experience with Microsoft Fabric: pipelines, notebooks, Lakehouse/Warehouse concepts, and Medalion architecture
  • Experience with Azure DevOps: CI/CD pipelines for AIS and Fabric assets
  • ETL/ELT and data movement: SSIS/ADF/Azure Data Factory or modern pipelines (dbt, Airflow), CDC/change tracking, bulk load (BCP, BULK INSERT), and data quality checks Experience designing metadata-driven and reusable integration patterns
  • Experience with API Management (APIM): API design, security (OAuth/JWT), policies, and versioning
  • Experience in reverse-engineering, refactoring and migrating legacy applications
  • Experience with Service Bus / Event Grid design patterns: asynchronous and event-driven integrations
  • Experience with scripting languages such as: Python
  • Experience with MDM concepts (golden record, survivorship, matching, data quality)
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental and Vision
  • Company 401(k)and ESOP contribution
  • Generous sick, vacation, and maternity/parental leave
  • Paid holidays
  • Professional Development Opportunities
  • Tuition Reimbursement ($15,000 lifetime cap)
  • Discounted personal insurance including home, auto and recreational vehicles
  • Charitable gift-matching program
  • Davidson Day of Giving – Our tradition of positively impacting communities in which we live and work.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Data EngineeringRDBMSMicrosoft SQL ServerT SQLData modelingAPI designETLAzure Data FactoryPythonMDM concepts
Soft Skills
Client confidentialityClear communicationProfessionalismProactive collaborationAttendance reliabilityService-oriented approachProblem-solvingProcess improvementTechnical supportTeam coordination