Top Data Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Designs, builds, and operates scalable batch and streaming data pipelines on Databricks for federal missions. Responsibilities include developing Spark and Delta Lake solutions, managing clusters and workflows, implementing Unity Catalog governance and security, optimizing ETL/ELT processes, integrating CI/CD, supporting machine learning and advanced analytics, monitoring data quality, and collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders.

Gather client requirements and architect, develop, and deploy cloud data platforms, warehouses, ETL processes, pipelines, APIs, and BI solutions. Perform advanced SQL and data modeling, support deployments and integrations, diagnose technical issues, mentor staff, contribute to innovation and practice development, and assist with project management. The role requires approximately 20% overnight travel and primarily in-person work.

Designs and maintains data warehouse infrastructure, semantic and dimensional models, metrics layers, dashboards, reporting, and secure data pipelines. Builds governed self-service analytics in Sigma, Power BI, and Databricks; defines KPIs and data standards; implements row-level security and Entra ID controls; supports data quality, observability, AI/ML use cases, and BI adoption. Collaborates with technical and business stakeholders in an Agile-Scrum environment.

Build and maintain production data ingestion pipelines, transformation models, warehouses, and schemas for PerfectServe’s data platform. Deploy reliable, tested pipelines using idempotency and data-quality checks, apply dimensional and medallion modeling, participate in design reviews, and document owned pipelines and runbooks. The role requires SQL, programming experience, dbt or similar transformation tools, cloud data warehouse experience, ELT orchestration, AWS knowledge, and a strong data-testing mindset.

Lead the design, development, optimization, and monitoring of scalable cloud data pipelines using AWS Glue, PySpark, and Amazon Redshift. Integrate diverse data sources, ensure data quality, deploy infrastructure with Terraform, and improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. Collaborate with data professionals and stakeholders, document architecture standards, ensure security compliance, mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and evaluate AWS technologies. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, substantial cloud data engineering experience, and hybrid work in specified locations.

Design, build, and scale data pipelines, ETL workflows, analytics infrastructure, and machine-learning data systems. Ensure data quality, security, monitoring, and reliability while optimizing storage and processing performance. Collaborate with engineering, product, and analytics teams on data requirements, modeling, schemas, and scalable infrastructure. The role also establishes data engineering best practices and supports a data-driven culture.

Lead the design and development of Azure-based big data solutions, including batch and real-time ETL/ELT pipelines, data architecture, ingestion, curation, warehousing, and storage. Build solutions using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Spark, Python, SQL, and related Azure services. Support Salesforce migration and integration while applying strong RDBMS, data management, and big data design expertise.

Lead the architecture and development of scalable AWS-based data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines. Build reliable data infrastructure using Python, SQL, Airflow, Lambda, ECS, SQS, and Terraform. Establish data modeling, quality, lineage, monitoring, testing, and observability practices while partnering with analysts, scientists, and backend engineers. Mentor senior engineers, guide technical decisions, and provide hands-on leadership for complex data platform initiatives.

Lead the architecture and development of Vercel’s next-generation data platform, supporting batch and real-time integrations, analytics, data warehousing, and AI/ML workloads. Design scalable systems using Kafka, ClickHouse, Tinybird, and Snowflake; establish data governance and security standards; guide architectural decisions and roadmaps; collaborate with engineering, product, security, compliance, and leadership teams; write production code; and mentor engineers.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data integration pipelines supporting analytics, reporting, and product capabilities. Build ingestion, transformation, validation, and curated data layers; optimize production workflows; document systems; and implement data quality monitoring and testing. Collaborate with implementation, engineering, analytics, and customer success teams to resolve data issues, support onboarding, and ensure reliable, accessible data.

Architect and lead enterprise data platforms, pipelines, and infrastructure using Spark, Databricks, and cloud technologies. Build scalable data models and dimensional schemas, establish governance and data quality frameworks, optimize performance and reliability, and implement monitoring. Partner with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions, lead design reviews, mentor engineers, contribute to platform strategy, troubleshoot complex failures, and support hiring and team development.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, integrate travel and customer data from internal and external systems, develop cloud data warehouse models, implement data quality monitoring, support real-time streaming, and ensure data privacy and regulatory compliance. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and product teams to deliver reliable datasets for personalization, forecasting, pricing, route optimization, and customer experience initiatives.

Own Moxie’s end-to-end data infrastructure, including pipelines, Snowflake warehousing, dbt and Omni modeling, orchestration, observability, and documentation. Partner with Engineering and Finance on schema changes, accounting logic, metrics, and business-critical reporting. Deliver financial or historical EMR data models, establish SOPs and reliability KPIs, optimize performance and cost, and help advance Practice Intelligence toward predictive and prescriptive products with appropriate AI safeguards.

Build and maintain Google Cloud data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting GenAI and RAG solutions. Classify and govern sensitive data using Dataplex and Cloud DLP, enforce access controls, assess AI readiness, and design reusable schemas and data models. Collaborate with engineering, delivery, and client teams to integrate legacy systems, monitor pipeline reliability, conduct data quality testing, document data flows, and proactively identify compliance and delivery risks.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable ETL and data processing pipelines supporting analytics, forecasting, risk, and customer insights. Leads complex SQL development, data modeling, governance, quality, lineage, security, and compliance. Partners with engineering, finance, sales, compliance, product, analysts, and data scientists to translate requirements into reliable workflows. Evaluates emerging technologies, leads proof-of-concepts, and develops automated solutions using Python, Spark, Databricks, cloud platforms, orchestration tools, and modern data warehouses.

Leads the design, development, optimization, and migration of modern data platforms in Snowflake. Builds pipelines with dbt, Python, and cloud services; gathers client requirements; creates solution designs and project plans; advises on Snowflake performance, cost, security, and workload management; integrates BI, governance, and AI/ML tools; contributes to accelerators and mentors junior engineers. The role is remote, client-facing, consultative, and focused primarily on technical delivery rather than sales.

Build and operate batch and streaming data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, data warehouses, dimensional models, and reusable data services. Improve reliability, performance, quality, and cost efficiency through monitoring, testing, automation, and incident response. Partner with analytics, data science, product, business, platform, and infrastructure teams to deliver production data solutions and roadmap initiatives. Apply AI-assisted tools responsibly to development, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.

Own and operate the Snowflake warehouse and Sigma semantic layer; manage ingestion (Fivetran), dbt model scoping and review, reverse-ETL, data quality SLAs, dashboards, month-end financial analytics, vendor management, and automation to support AdOps, Sales, Finance, and executive reporting.

Build and maintain Databricks-based data platforms, including ingestion, transformation, storage, governance, data modeling, and serving pipelines. Establish medallion architecture standards, canonical data models, quality controls, lineage, schema evolution, and reliable batch or incremental processing. Improve pipeline observability, scalability, idempotency, and recoverability while moving curated data to systems such as ClickHouse. Collaborate across application and analytics teams to create durable, governed production datasets.

Build and operate scalable batch, streaming, and event-driven data pipelines, cloud data platforms, trusted data products, and analytical models. Improve data quality, observability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency while supporting risk, finance, product, analytics, and AI initiatives. Partner cross-functionally, influence architecture, lead complex technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and establish strong engineering practices including testing, CI/CD, governance, and infrastructure automation.

Designs and advances Providence’s enterprise data platform through data architecture, governance, metadata management, Snowflake modernization, legacy migrations, and scalable integration patterns. Establishes engineering, DataOps, CI/CD, repository, and data quality standards while supporting analytics, reporting, AI, and data products. Collaborates across multidisciplinary teams to implement large-scale data initiatives in a healthcare environment.

Lead data engineering strategy and develop enterprise data lake solutions on AWS. Build data pipelines using AWS data integration, engineering, and analytics resources, develop API services with FastAPI or Flask, optimize engineering practices, create long-term data plans, and represent the team in executive meetings.

Build and own scalable data architecture, canonical data models, configurable source integrations, and reliable pipelines for AI-driven financial intelligence. Use SQL, Python, dbt, cloud data warehouses, and orchestration tools to deliver idempotent, auditable data workflows. Establish lineage, data contracts, quality controls, and schema evolution practices. Lead architecture reviews, mentor distributed data engineers, and support customer-hosted multi-cloud deployments with strict tenant isolation and traceability.

Build and maintain dbt and semantic data models in Snowflake, develop ingestion and transformation pipelines, define trusted product metrics, and improve data collection. Partner with Product and Engineering to support experimentation and feature analysis. Establish data quality testing, documentation, HIPAA-aware access controls, and compliance practices. Use and validate AI-generated code and Snowflake Cortex outputs while raising technical standards across the team.

Own the analytics data layer by translating stakeholder needs into certified dimensional models, governed metrics, semantic layers, dashboards, and reports. Build with dbt, SQL, Databricks, Power BI, and Airflow while ensuring data quality, observability, reconciliation, documentation, and dependable orchestration. Partner closely with finance, operations, and client-facing teams, automate recurring workflows, and use AI-assisted engineering practices in a fully remote environment.