Why USAA?
At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.
Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.
We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.
The Opportunity
As a dedicated Data Engineer – Senior, you will be engaged in all phases of the data management lifecycle. This includes gathering and analyzing requirements, collecting, processing, storing, securing, and archiving data. Develop and maintain technical systems for data reporting and technical solutions utilizing emerging technologies. You will partner with the business to ensure data management solutions aligned to business objectives.
What you will do:
- Leads and/or engineers the full cycle of data solutions from analysis, solution design, data pipeline engineering, testing, deployment, scheduling, and production support.
- Designs and implements highly-complex technical solutions for data engineering and analytic systems using new methodologies and emerging technologies.
- Designs, builds, manages and optimizes data pipelines for data structures encompassing data transformation, data models, schemas, metadata, data quality, and workload management.
- Leads design reviews for the team and provides recommendations using innovative architectural concepts and principals.
- Breakdowns business features into technical stories and approaches. Presents to leadership and influences on technical solutions.
- Creates proof of concepts and prototypes on highly complex solutions and presents to leadership to deliver on vision for solution.
- Collaborates with cross-functional partners and stakeholders to lead technical solutions.
- Implements efficient defect management, root cause analysis, and resolution processes.
- Helps develop, maintain, and enforce the company's data development tools and standards. Conduct code reviews on a regular basis to improve quality and ensure compliance.
- Creates the development of data pipelines, extracting data from our various applications (internal & external sources) into the Data Platform.
- Assists in setting technical direction for the team and serves a mentor to team members.
- Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.
What you will have:
- Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience.
- 6 years of data engineering, data analysis or software development experience implementing data solutions with at least 2 years of data engineering or data management experience.
- Proven experience with end to end delivering of data solutions that includes building, managing, and optimizing data pipelines across cloud environments; curating and modeling the data for various types of consumers/products and their pattern of usage to include data marts, data lake, and operational analytic applications.
- Strong understanding of the agile principles and ability to apply them.
- Extensive knowledge and experience in SQL and Relational Databases.
- Proficient in working with Cloud technologies and tools.
What sets you apart:
- Snowflake
- dbt
- SQL
- Kafka
- APIs
- Python
- Data Modeling
- Fivetran
- Git/version control
Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $127,310 - $243,340
USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).
Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.
Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.
The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.
Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.
For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.
Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.
USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree, or four years of relevant education and/or experience
- Six years of data engineering, data analysis, or software development experience
- At least two years of data engineering or data management experience
- Experience delivering end-to-end data solutions, including building, managing, and optimizing data pipelines across cloud environments
- Experience curating and modeling data for data marts, data lakes, and operational analytic applications
- Strong understanding of agile principles
- Extensive knowledge and experience with SQL and relational databases
- Proficiency with cloud technologies and tools
- Experience with Snowflake
- Experience with dbt
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience with APIs
- Experience with Python
- Experience with data modeling
- Experience with Fivetran
- Experience with Git or version control
USAA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about USAA and has not been reviewed or approved by USAA.
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Retirement Support — Robust retirement programs include a rich 401(k) employer match alongside a company-funded pension, reinforcing long-term financial security. These elements are often singled out as standout features of the total rewards package.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telehealth coverage is paired with wellness incentives and onsite or reimbursed fitness resources. These offerings are perceived as meaningfully enhancing overall compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Fully paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and childcare reimbursement reflect substantial support for families. These benefits are widely regarded as valuable contributors to the employment proposition.
USAA Insights
What We Do
At USAA, our mission is more than just words – it’s the reason we do what we do. Our goal is to be the military community’s provider of choice for insurance, banking, financial products and advice. Take a look back at our history and you’ll see a strong track record of providing members with the highest level of care and support. And we’re proud to continue helping them achieve better financial futures. It’s that kind of dedication that’s helped us grow to more than 35,000 employees. Share our passion for serving those who serve? Whether you’re connected to the military or not, we’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team.








