Senior Data Engineer

MOTOR Information Systems

$110K — $130K *
Troy, MI 48085In-Person
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Expert Python & SQL developer with deep knowledge of data processing
  • Strong AWS experience, particularly with Lambda, Glue, and RedShift
  • Proficient in managing and processing semi-structured data formats
  • Extensive automation experience to streamline processes
  • Solid background in Databricks including Delta Lake and SQL Analytics
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes for orchestration and network management
  • Experience in DevOps practices, including CI/CD and deployment orchestration

Responsibilities

  • Analyze large and complex data sets to extract insights
  • Design and develop data pipelines to integrate multiple data sources
  • Collaborate with team members to tackle challenging data problems
  • Optimize data pipelines for both performance and cost efficiency
  • Lead architectural decisions regarding data processing and delivery

Benefits

  • Collaboration on impactful data products for the automotive sector
  • Genuine technical ownership influencing platform direction
  • Support of a stable organization while pursuing innovation
  • Engagement with a team focused on solving complex challenges
  • Hybrid work model with flexibility in work environment
Full Job Description
Job Description

Senior DATA ENGINEER at MOTOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS

The Opportunity
We're looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer to take a leading role in architecting, designing, building, and evolving our AWS based data platform. This is not a maintenance role-you'll have meaningful technical ownership and influence over how data is architected, processed, and delivered across our systems and product suite.

You'll tackle large-scale, complex data challenges while driving architectural decisions, establishing engineering best practices, and designing solutions for scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. As a senior member of the team, you'll collaborate across engineering and product, provide technical guidance and mentorship, and help shape the evolution of our platform toward a more modern, scalable, and intelligent data architecture.

Required Experience (Must Have)
• Expert Python & SQL Developer
• Strong AWS Experience (Lambda, Glue, State Machines, Fargate, Cloud Formation, RedShift)
• Strong Experience with Semi-Structured Data (XML, CSV, JSON, Parquet)
• Strong Automation Experience
• Experience with Databricks (Delta Lake, Notebooks, SQL Analytics)
• Experience with Kubernetes (Cluster Orchestration, Container Networking, Pod Management)
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, Deployment Orchestration (Octopus Deploy)
• Experience with Agentic AI (LangGraph, MCP Servers, Agent Frameworks)
• Experience with Data Handling (Pandas / NumPy, Apache Spark, Ray)

Helpful Experience (Nice to Have)
• Experience with LLMs, Machine Learning & Deep Learning Libraries, AI Application Frameworks, Vector Databases
• Experience with Automotive Data / Industry
• Experience with Agile / Scrum

Primary Responsibilities
• Analyze large, and complex, data sets
• Design, develop and coordinate the generation of Data Pipelines
• Work collaboratively with team to plan and solve complex problems
• Design for, or optimize existing pipelines, for performance and cost

Why Join MOTOR
• Work on high-impact data products used across the automotive industry
• Real ownership and influence over platform direction
• Backed by Hearst-stable, but with room to innovate
• Collaborative team solving meaningful, complex problems
Additional Details
• Hybrid schedule: 3 days onsite in Troy, MI
• No visa sponsorship available at this time

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