Top Data Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Lead architecture and buildout of a new graph-backed enterprise data platform: design ingestion, graph and relational storage, entity resolution pipelines, temporal models, ETL/ELT pipelines, governance, APIs, and production connectors. Ship scalable graph data models, traversal queries, and platform roadmap while enabling observability, security, and containerized deployments.

Build and maintain scalable, governed data pipelines from ingestion through transformation and integration. Implement schema validation, data quality checks, job monitoring, and production-grade APIs. Work with Python, SQL, Airflow, dbt, AWS (EMR, Athena, S3), Iceberg/Parquet, and contribute to CI/CD, observability, and on-call support while collaborating with analytics and product teams.

Design, build, and optimize data pipelines for massive datasets. Collaborate with stakeholders, implement CI/CD processes, and ensure data architecture scalability.

Lead design and delivery of enterprise BI and data engineering solutions using medallion architecture and domain-driven design. Build ETL/ELT pipelines, advanced data models (star/snowflake), and Power BI dashboards. Implement DAX and Power Query M transformations, optimize SQL solutions, and use Spark Python for large-scale processing. Collaborate with stakeholders, define KPIs, mentor team members, and drive innovation across the Microsoft Cloud Data Stack.

Design, build, optimize, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL for insights products. Analyze complex datasets, collaborate across teams, automate workflows, and improve pipeline performance and cost efficiency using cloud and modern data platforms.

Lead architecture and reliability of the data platform, build and harden ingestion (batch and CDC), own BigQuery+dbt transformations, establish testing/observability/governance, mentor engineers, develop Python tooling and APIs, run POCs for lakehouse/open table formats, and define AI-assisted development practices.

Design, build, and operate large-scale data platforms and Spark/PySpark pipelines. Enable data integration, modeling, quality, and observability. Build MCP servers and AI-augmented tooling, mentor engineers, and lead cross-functional projects to deliver reliable data products.

Design, build, and maintain scalable Spark-based ETL pipelines and computed tables in a central data lake. Integrate structured and unstructured IoT, sensor, and external data for analytics, model training, and dashboards. Collaborate with Data Science, Analytics, and ML teams to ensure reliable, high-quality customer-facing datasets.

The role involves architecting and improving data systems, defining governance standards, optimizing performance, and mentoring engineers in data engineering.

Build and maintain cloud cost monitoring, alerting, and optimization tooling. Develop automation, cost allocation/tagging, data pipelines, dashboards, and integrations with billing APIs. Support FinOps processes, implement cost guardrails, troubleshoot cost systems, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate with senior engineers and product teams to drive cost-efficient infrastructure and reporting.

Lead the evolution of data platform by designing scalable pipelines, improving data processes, mentoring teams, and modernizing data architecture.

Own and architect large-scale data pipelines, orchestration, and integrations. Drive IaC strategy (Terraform), third-party API and AI/LLM tool integrations, build export pipelines and internal tooling, mentor engineers, and align cross-team technical strategy for reliable, scalable data infrastructure.

The Data Engineer will develop data pipelines, support data automation, collaborate with Agile teams, and ensure data reliability and performance. The role requires strong ETL skills and experience with relational databases, big data analysis, and CI/CD practices.

Own SQL and dbt-based data modeling and data quality for clinical and claims datasets. Author and refactor dbt models/tests, triage DQ alerts, design monitors, optimize SQL performance, and collaborate with Data Engineering and stakeholders to ensure trusted production datasets.

Design and manage financial systems for accurate cashback calculations, build and maintain reconciliation processes, ensure data integrity for yield-bearing instruments, collaborate with compliance, and partner with cross-functional teams to improve financial system efficiency.

Lead development of Marriott's cloud data platform, build and own large-scale ETL pipelines on AWS and Snowflake, mentor engineers, manage service provider deliverables, ensure governance, data quality, deployment and production support, and research emerging AI/ML capabilities.

Build and maintain large-scale data processing pipelines using Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala) and Python. Design ETL workflows, implement distributed data processing, use version control (Git), and work with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure).

We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and optimize scalable data pipelines. Strong experience in Databricks, PySpark, and data warehouse concepts is required.

Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines, databases, and data models to process healthcare claims and related data. Ensure data quality, analyze claims data for trends, and produce reports and visualizations for nontechnical stakeholders. Collaborate with policy and analytics teams to translate requirements into data solutions and improve data infrastructure and analytics capabilities.

Design, build, and own Sardine's internal data platform and billing infrastructure. Implement and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines, warehouse partitioning, access controls, and data governance. Partner with stakeholders to define KPIs, produce dashboards, and ensure data quality for executive, GTM, product, and finance teams.

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.

Design, build, and maintain enterprise data warehouse and medallion-layer dbt Core models. Integrate MDM workflows, develop scalable pipelines using Microsoft Fabric/Azure Data Factory, optimize Snowflake performance, ensure data quality, support CI/CD and monitoring, troubleshoot production issues, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver analytics-ready datasets.

Design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines and integrations for RCTs and voter datasets; extend foundational data, optimize orchestration for cost/reliability, load-test for election traffic, and build AI tooling for QC and evaluation. Lead cross-team projects, ensure high quality through testing and code review, document systems for non-engineers, and rotate through on-call and rapid-response during high-stakes moments.

Design, develop, and support the Data Warehouse and reporting systems. Build and optimize SSRS reports, Power BI dashboards, and SQL ETL/queries. Ensure data accuracy, maintain documentation, and mentor team members while collaborating with business units to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

Build and maintain low-latency, highly available distributed data systems and services to deliver high-quality data for product, analytics, and ML. Partner with data scientists and product teams to design scalable, observable, multi-tenant data products using batch and real-time processing frameworks. Ensure 24x7 reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence while owning end-to-end delivery.