
Senior Data Engineer
Walmart
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dallas • Colorado • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build and optimize scalable data pipelines and models that power critical business insights.
- Leverage cloud technologies and automation to transform complex datasets into reliable, high-quality assets.
- Partner closely with cross‑functional teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
- Design and build scalable data pipelines and models using Databricks, PySpark, and SQL.
- Integrate and transform data from multiple sources with strong quality, observability, and governance.
- Orchestrate and automate workflows using Airflow and CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and support DevOps tasks such as deployments, monitoring, and environment management.
- Optimize pipelines for reliability, performance, and cost across cloud environments.
- Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and efficient data solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related field, or 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related field, or Master's degree in Computer Science and 1 year’s experience in software engineering or related field.
- 2 years' experience in data engineering, database engineering, business intelligence, or business analytics.
- Extensive experience in data engineering, including scalable pipeline development, data integration, and modeling.
- Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, PySpark, Databricks, and workflow orchestration with Airflow.
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms, especially Google Cloud Platform.
- Hands‑on experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions and infrastructure automation with Terraform.
- Strong grounding in data governance, data quality, and compliance best practices.
- Ability to design resilient data architectures across warehouses, lakes, and streaming systems.
- Proven skill in translating complex business needs into effective data solutions.
- Familiarity with machine learning concepts and how they integrate with data engineering workflows.
Benefits
- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
- Education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringdata pipeline developmentdata integrationdata modelingSQLPythonPySparkworkflow orchestrationcloud platformsdata governance
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationtranslating business needsresilience in design
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster's degree in Computer Science