Data Engineer

Vital Services

• $95K — $115K *
Allen, TX 75002In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience as a Data Engineer or Database Developer in complex data environments, preferably in high-compliance SaaS or financial services.
  • Expert-level SQL skills, including advanced queries and optimization techniques.
  • Proficient in Python or similar languages for automated data extraction and cleansing.
  • Experience with cloud-native data services like Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Snowflake.
  • Strong understanding of relational and dimensional modeling techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain automated ETL/ELT data pipelines for data ingestion and transformation.
  • Create logical and physical database schemas for both relational and non-relational platforms.
  • Build and optimize centralized data warehouses for complex transactional data.
  • Monitor and tune database performance, including query execution and index optimization.
  • Implement data security measures to ensure compliance with SOC 2 and data privacy regulations.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with remote options.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Access to cutting-edge cloud technologies.
  • Collaborative team culture focused on innovation.
  • Health and wellness programs to support employee well-being.
Full Job Description
Core Focus

To design, build, and maintain highly reliable data pipelines, storage systems, and transformational schemas; ensuring that secure, clean, and optimized data flows continuously across all core SaaS products and client reporting systems.
Roles & Responsibilities
  1. ETL & Data Pipeline Engineering: Designing, constructing, and maintaining automated data pipelines (ETL/ELT) to ingest, clean, and transform disparate data sources into organized, high-performance repositories.
  2. Database & Schema Modeling: Designing logical and physical database schemas across relational (e.g., SQL Server, Azure SQL) and non-relational (e.g., Cosmos DB) platforms to support application scale and fast query execution.
  3. Data Warehousing & Architecture: Building and optimizing centralized data warehouses or staging environments that aggregate complex transactional insurance data for downstream reporting systems.
  4. Query Performance Tuning & Optimization: Monitoring, profiling, and tuning database performance - including query execution plan analysis, index optimization, and storage strategy adjustments.
  5. Data Security & Compliance Blueprinting: Implementing rigorous access controls, data masking, encryption standards, and retention policies to ensure absolute compliance with SOC 2 and insurance data-privacy rules.
Skills & Experience
  • Professional Core Experience: 3-5 years of dedicated experience operating as a Data Engineer or Database Developer managing complex, multi-source data environments (experience in high-compliance SaaS or financial services is a major plus).
  • Advanced SQL & Procedural Scripting: Expert-level mastery of advanced SQL (including writing highly performant queries, complex joins, subqueries, and database optimization techniques).
  • Data Pipe Programming: Solid experience writing scripts in Python or similar development languages to run automated API data extractions, cleansing routines, and custom integrations.
  • Modern Cloud Infrastructure: Strong practical experience with cloud-native data services (e.g., Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, AWS Athena, or Snowflake) and cloud data pipeline engines (e.g., Azure Data Factory, dbt, or Airflow).
  • Relational and Dimensional Modeling: Deep conceptual understanding of star schemas, snowflake schemas, and relational database normalization vs. denormalization strategies.
Success Metrics
  • Data Pipeline Uptime & Delivery: Maintain a greater than or equal to 99% success rate on scheduled ETL pipeline executions and automated data transfers.
  • Query Response Time Baseline: Ensure key production databases maintain a target average query latency under 200ms for standard transactional read operations.
  • Data Delivery Integrity Rate: Zero critical production incidents caused by data corruption, schema mismatches, or missing automated load steps per quarter.
  • Support & Reporting Team Unblocked SLA: Resolve internally flagged database or schema pipeline blockages in an average of less than 4 hours to keep downstream business intelligence teams moving.

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