Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Nashville, TN

Design, implement, and manage advanced data ecosystems and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines. Analyze complex problems, deliver data warehousing and governance solutions, mentor junior staff, and build client relationships while maintaining high standards and business-context awareness.

Lead design and implementation of enterprise data architecture and cloud-based data solutions. Manage large data engineering projects, develop data models and pipelines, ensure governance and security compliance, advise clients strategically, and build high-performing inclusive teams.

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.

Staff Data Engineer will set technical direction and build Eve’s scalable data platform. Responsibilities include Snowflake administration, role-based access, governance, ingestion, dbt modeling and orchestration, Terraform infrastructure, observability, schema change detection, reliability practices, and CI standards. The role also mentors engineers and analysts, supports AI-assisted development, and establishes secure, reliable workflows for product, case, customer, and go-to-market data.

Own Eve’s data platform end to end, including ingestion, orchestration, incremental dbt models, Snowflake administration, Terraform infrastructure, observability, access controls, and pipeline reliability. Build schema-change detection, freshness SLAs, CI environments, and incident processes while managing performance and compute costs. Partner with analytics engineers and stakeholders to maintain trusted data for reporting and AI systems, using AI-assisted development and documenting platform standards.

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.

Design, build, and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines; ingest, transform, and optimize data for analytics and BI; ensure data quality, reliability, and performance; implement monitoring/alerting; support MLOps and analytics workloads; collaborate with data scientists and BI teams; document AI systems and RAG/Cortex-based solutions.

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.

Build and support scalable data platforms and pipelines, leading migrations such as Snowflake to BigQuery and transitioning reporting to Looker. Responsibilities include data architecture, ETL/ELT, API and marketing integrations, data quality, production troubleshooting, warehousing, performance optimization, and platform modernization. The role partners with analytics and business teams, owns projects through production, documents solutions, and provides technical guidance.

Build scalable, secure data pipelines, models, platforms, and governance systems that enable AI applications to access trusted enterprise data. Partner with analytics, marketing, and product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions, independently deliver projects through production, and support sensitive-data security and access controls. Preferred experience includes LLM architectures, cloud data platforms, infrastructure as code, regulated environments, and technical leadership.

Design and scale lakehouse architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers. Build reliable streaming and batch pipelines with Kafka, Spark, and Airflow; manage Iceberg, Delta, and Hudi table formats; optimize Trino, Starburst, and Databricks queries; and improve platform reliability, data quality, and performance. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product teams to deliver scalable data platform solutions.

Design and scale lakehouse architecture, streaming and batch pipelines, and reliable data platforms using Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Iceberg, Databricks, and related technologies. Build Medallion-layer data systems, manage open table formats, optimize distributed queries, monitor platform reliability, resolve data quality issues, and collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and product teams.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data foundations using Databricks, dbt, and AWS. Transform raw structured and unstructured data into reliable datasets for product analytics and data science, including telemetry, streaming data, and feature engineering. Develop dashboards in Tableau and Databricks, optimize workflows, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, analytics, and data science stakeholders to support product health, adoption, and performance insights.

Design and optimize Snowflake data warehouses, dbt transformation models, and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines. Develop ingestion utilities, improve SQL and warehouse performance, establish data quality and governance controls, and maintain CI/CD workflows using Git. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders across manufacturing, supply chain, and operations. The role also supports modern DataOps practices and may involve orchestration tools and cloud platforms.

Design, build, and maintain Keboola-based data pipelines integrating multiple business systems to deliver accurate, scalable data for supply chain, logistics, and transportation analytics; collaborate with analysts and engineers; support documentation, governance, and pipeline automation.

Designs, builds, and maintains cloud data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting VA healthcare analytics. Responsibilities include patient matching, record linkage, data harmonization, quality management, documentation, performance optimization, and pipeline support. Collaborates with analysts and stakeholders to develop scalable solutions and Power BI reports using Databricks SparkSQL. The role requires federal healthcare data experience, strong SQL or Spark SQL skills, and the ability to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance.

Build and configure a government Databricks workspace, develop ingestion pipelines from enterprise systems, and prepare data for reporting. Implement Unity Catalog governance, metadata, auditing, and lineage; configure MLflow workflows; assess security controls for sensitive data; and create architecture documentation, data dictionaries, and operating procedures. The role also requires integrating legacy systems, optimizing Delta Lake pipelines, and supporting long-term platform sustainment.

Designs and maintains ELT pipelines, warehouse integrations, data models, and data quality processes. Collaborates with data scientists, analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable analytical solutions. Responsibilities include data integration, governance, security, performance optimization, exploratory analysis, visualization, and cloud-based API ingestion. Requires strong SQL, DBT, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, cloud, and scripting experience, plus leadership and communication skills.

Build and maintain production data pipelines, Airflow DAGs, Snowflake infrastructure, and Data Vault 2.0 models. Ensure data quality, observability, security, governance, reliability, and cost efficiency through automated testing and CI/CD. Lead technical projects end-to-end, collaborate with stakeholders, and support SOX-relevant reporting while developing expertise in commercial insurance data and processes.

Build and operate reliable ETL and ELT pipelines across lakehouse and transactional systems. Develop data models, enforce governance, integrate diverse data sources, and support analytics, APIs, and predictive tools. Monitor performance, data quality, lineage, cost, and uptime while collaborating with data science, AI, product, and innovation teams.

Design, build, deploy, and operate production-grade data pipelines and products for healthcare and marketing datasets. Implement data models, Airflow workflows, data-quality controls, and PHI/PII privacy controls. Collaborate with product, analytics, and platform teams to support audience discovery, segmentation, activation, measurement, and reporting.

Designs and develops complex cloud-native data solutions, scalable batch and real-time pipelines, APIs, data models, and enterprise data platforms. Implements data governance, quality, lineage, security, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational reporting capabilities. Collaborates with architects, product owners, analysts, governance, security, and platform teams on technology strategy and cloud modernization. Mentors engineers, leads technical design discussions, presents recommendations, and supports AI-ready data products and emerging development tools.

Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale data platforms, pipelines, data lakes, warehouses, and analytical datasets on Azure and Snowflake. Build ETL/ELT processes using ADF, Databricks, PySpark, SQL, Python, and Snowflake. Manage data models, governance, security, quality, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and performance optimization. Collaborate with stakeholders, troubleshoot production issues, document solutions, and support Agile delivery.

Designs, builds, and manages cloud-based data systems, including pipelines, data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, databases, and ETL processes. Develops optimized Python and SQL queries, improves workflow performance, and supports data movement between on-premises and cloud environments. Collaborates with leadership, analysts, research teams, and other departments to define requirements and reporting needs. Applies data governance, access controls, security, compliance, troubleshooting, and system support practices.

Designs and scales cloud-native data platforms and ingestion pipelines using AWS, Databricks, and Spark. Builds APIs, file-upload mechanisms, ETL/ELT workflows, data transformations, and Lakehouse architecture supporting analytics, machine learning, and operational use cases. Provides operational support for legacy C# .NET ingestion processes, troubleshoots pipelines, and promotes data governance, security, reliability, and documentation in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.