Data Engineer III

Purple

Data Engineer III accountable to the Analytics department leading large projects from conception to delivery. Mentoring juniors and collaborating with stakeholders at Purple.

Posted 4/9/2026full-timeLehi • Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $108,000 - $127,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as a mentor for junior members of the team.
Assist newer team members in their assigned tasks and help them learn and grow in the Analytics space.
Provide meaningful input into the direction the team should head.
Lead large project discussions with stakeholders.
Help gather requirements, create Jira tickets, and take initiatives from conception to completion.
Maintain working knowledge of both Data Engineering and Data Governance processes, roles, and tools and help build collaboration between teams.
Be a thought leader in the realms of DBT and Snowflake processes, architectures, modeling, and capabilities.
Assist team members as needed with pull request approvals.
Assess data model design accuracy, and efficiency, and lead refactoring efforts when necessary.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–8 years of relevant experience
Expert knowledge of SQL
Prior work with Snowflake a plus
Experience with data modelling techniques and processes from architecture to implementation
Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to find root cause to errors
3-5 years of experience building data pipelines and prepping data for use in a visualization tool
Experience with data profiling, validation and QA
Experience with programming languages, especially Python, for ETL applications
Strong verbal communication skills and the ability to discuss requirements with stakeholders.
Strong written communication skills and the ability to document your work.
Leadership and mentoring skills that influence others in a positive way, and help them grow their confidence and skill sets.
Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k) Match
Flexible PTO
Earn a Mattress
Purple Swag
Amazing Purple Products

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLSnowflakedata modelingdata pipelinesETLPythondata profilingdata validationQAdata governance

Soft Skills

mentoringproblem-solvingverbal communicationwritten communicationleadershipcollaborationstakeholder engagementinfluencingteam supportinitiative

Certifications

Bachelor's degree