Top Data Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Design and maintain a dbt-based business data layer for GTM metrics, centralize and reconcile multi-source data, implement automated data quality and reconciliation checks, align and document metrics with stakeholders, mentor analytics team, and lead root-cause investigations into complex data anomalies.

Designs and operates scalable serverless AWS data pipelines, data models, ETL/ELT workflows, feature stores, and analytics-ready data assets. Partners with AI, Analytics, Product, and Underwriting teams to support reproducible ML training and scoring, MLOps, data quality, monitoring, governance, and production troubleshooting. The role handles sensitive healthcare and financial data, optimizes serverless workloads, supports batch and near-real-time processing, and applies infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, documentation, and responsible data-use practices.

Design and maintain healthcare data integration pipelines, models, and validation processes for claims, billing, clinical, pharmacy, EMR, FHIR, and value-based care data. Collaborate with clients and internal analytics, product, and customer success teams to interpret data, document business rules, support implementations, and build reusable Ursa data models. Apply healthcare domain expertise, data security practices, HIPAA compliance, and appropriate judgment when using AI-assisted tools.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and integrations across AWS, Azure, and BigQuery. Normalize, aggregate, and ensure data quality for large web and transactional datasets, leveraging APIs, ETL/orchestration tools, and big-data technologies to support analytics and BI in an e-commerce environment.

Build and maintain scalable data pipelines for healthcare claims; implement de-identification and PII-reduction; ensure data quality and observability; integrate data stores and APIs; draft technical designs and documentation; gather product feedback and iterate quickly.

Lead performance investigations across the data product stack to diagnose and fix slow queries and UX issues. Design data architecture changes, build benchmarks, measure latency/throughput/cost (ClickHouse Cloud), prototype solutions, instrument monitoring, and partner with product and engineering to balance responsiveness, scalability, and cost.

Design, build, and operate large-scale data pipelines and ETL processes to normalize varied partner datasets. Lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, implement testing and monitoring, manage data warehouses/lakes, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver robust data infrastructure that supports ML and product teams.

Define and lead the technical architecture for a lakehouse on AWS, build production pipelines and data models for time-series and multi-source data, introduce data governance and catalog foundations, author platform playbooks (ADRs, runbooks, Terraform modules), deliver projects end-to-end, and mentor engineers while representing the platform to senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.

Design and govern data models, pipelines and integrations to support AI and analytics for Supply Chain. Improve reuse, lineage, quality, certification and traceability. Collaborate with ICT, engineering and business stakeholders to scale enterprise data delivery and ensure operational, governed data assets.

Founding data engineer to design and build Payabli's data platform: architect lakehouse/warehouse, build batch and streaming pipelines, model canonical datasets, ensure data quality/observability, enforce access/masking/lineage for regulated financial data, and enable analytics/ML feature pipelines while establishing team standards and CI/CD.

The Senior Data Engineer will design and implement data processing pipelines using Java and Spark, optimize performance, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring compliance with data governance standards.

Lead design and delivery of scalable production data pipelines and data products (Spark/Python/SQL) on Databricks; integrate diverse federal health systems, define reusable ingestion patterns, ensure data quality/governance, mentor engineers, and troubleshoot/optimize production workflows.

Design, build, and operate scalable batch and streaming data pipelines and a lakehouse on AWS. Implement ETL/ELT, CDC, metadata/cataloging, lineage, governance, data quality, IaC, and CI/CD for reliable, observable, and secure data platforms to support analytics and ML.

Design, architect, and implement end-to-end data ingestion, storage, modeling, and provisioning solutions on the GE Predix platform. Lead cross-functional teams, set data architecture standards, develop OLTP/OLAP models, perform POCs, and enable analytics at scale while enforcing data management policies.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/data pipelines and internal frameworks to support ML and product teams. Drive architecture, observability, data quality, and engineering best practices across AI/ML workflows and prompt-engineering pipelines.

Lead design, build, and operate scalable Databricks/Delta Lake data pipelines and Kimball dimensional models using dbt. Manage governance with Unity Catalog, optimize performance and cost, operationalize ML with MLflow, and coordinate/quality-check offshore vendor engineering. Mentor engineers, uphold standards, and deliver trusted data products that power analytics, reporting, and MLOps workflows.

Lead SAP S/4HANA data migration activities: extract, map, transform, load, validate, and reconcile master and transactional data using BODS, Migration Cockpit, LSMW/BDC and HANA SQL. Support mock loads, cutover execution, defect remediation, and collaborate with functional owners to cleanse and correct source data.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data models, ETL/ELT, and BI solutions. Collaborate with data scientists and stakeholders to improve data quality, accessibility, and PHI security. Develop and document workflows, optimize processing/storage, support data warehouse and visualization, and adopt AI tools to drive data-informed outcomes.

The Senior Data Engineer will construct and optimize data pipelines, work with cross-functional teams, ensure data quality and governance, and mentor junior engineers while leading advanced analytics initiatives.

Design, build, and operate scalable data transformation pipelines and dimensional models using dbt, SQL, and AWS. Implement infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK), CI/CD, and query performance optimizations while ensuring data quality, governance, and collaboration with cross-functional and offshore teams.

Lead Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines and lakehouse/warehouse platforms (Databricks) to support analytics, BI, reporting, and AI. Responsibilities include data modeling, ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, orchestration and monitoring (Airflow/Cron), performance tuning, CDC/incremental loads, data quality, and leading/mentoring a team while collaborating with stakeholders and maintaining documentation.

Design and build cloud-based data applications and pipelines to analyze clinical data, enrich and provision datasets, and support clinical/operational processes. Mentor junior engineers, drive R&D for repeatable templates, collaborate with Product/Platform/Architecture, and prioritize source control, documentation, and simple solutions using modern data, ETL, and LLM tooling.

Architect, build, and maintain Snowflake-based ELT pipelines and production data models. Implement observability, data quality, and governance; optimize cost and freshness. Partner with Analytics, Product, and Engineering, use dbt/CI-CD and AI-assisted tooling, and participate in reviews and architecture planning to support analytics, BI, and ML.

Design and implement data federation and lakehouse architectures, build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines with Python and Spark, optimize performance across federated queries, manage Delta/Iceberg/Hudi tables, and enforce governance, security, and access controls for analytics and AI teams.

Design, build, test, and maintain high-performance Python data applications and backend services. Lead technical design, review code, mentor junior engineers, integrate with databases and cloud services, optimize performance, and ensure security, scalability, and reliability.