Data Engineer
Vulcan Elements · Durham, NC · Yesterday
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and select platforms for the data Lakehouse, ETL tooling, and operational databases
- Design and build ETL pipelines that move data from operational data stores into the data Lakehouse
- Define data models that support operational queries, analytical workloads, and future AI and ML applications
- Collaborate across engineering, operations, and IT to understand data flows, dependencies, and integration requirements
- Write clear technical documentation for architecture decisions, data models, pipeline designs, and operational runbooks
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data infrastructure, or a closely related technical role
- Strong experience designing and building ETL/ELT pipelines
- Deep fluency with data modeling for both operational and analytical workloads
- Experience with relational databases and writing/debugging SQL
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with a small team
- Strong communicator who can work across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Desired Skills
- Experience with time-series databases and industrial data concepts
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and experience evaluating on-premises vs. cloud tradeoffs
- Experience working in a controlled information environment