Independence Pet Group

Senior Data Engineer

Independence Pet Group

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Illinois • New York • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AirflowAWSCloudETLKafkaPythonSQL

About the role

  • Design, build, and scale cloud-based data platforms and pipelines (batch and streaming) to support analytics, product, and operational use cases.
  • Own critical data workflows, ensuring reliability, performance, and quality across the data ecosystem.
  • Implement modern data solutions using tools like dbt, Databricks, ELT frameworks, and other cloud platforms (AWS, Snowflake).
  • Apply best practices in CI/CD, Git, testing, monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, balancing technical rigor with strong interpersonal skills to translate business needs into scalable, accessible data solutions.
  • Lead technical initiatives with empathy and influence, mentoring team members, fostering trust, and promoting shared standards and engineering excellence.

Requirements

  • 6+ years building and scaling cloud-based data platforms and pipelines.
  • Strong Python and SQL expertise
  • Strong SQL and Python skills, with a focus on automation, performance, and reliability.
  • Experience with large-scale datasets, structured and unstructured
  • Hands-on experience with modern data stack tools (dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Databricks) and streaming/event-driven systems (Kafka, Kinesis).
  • Solid experience with AWS data services and ELT/ETL workflows.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD, Git, and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Proven ability to lead projects, influence stakeholders, and mentor others.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
  • Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
  • Company paid short-term and long-term disability
  • 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Personal Paid Time Off
  • Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off
  • Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
  • Pet friendly office environment
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Group Pet Insurance
  • On the job training and skills development
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonSQLautomationperformancereliabilitylarge-scale datasetsstructured dataunstructured dataCI/CDinfrastructure-as-code
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillscollaborationmentoringinfluencetrust buildingengineering excellence