Top Remote Data Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

The Data Engineer will build and maintain data pipelines, optimize workflows, manage infrastructure, and enhance pipeline observability while collaborating with teams for effective data delivery.

Design and implement data architecture and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). Develop data models, ensure governance and security compliance, analyze complex problems, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, and enhance technical skills to deliver high-quality data solutions.

Design and build data infrastructure, pipelines, and integration solutions using cloud and big-data tools. Develop and manage data lakes and warehouses, apply data architecture and dimensional modeling, validate data quality, implement security best practices, and collaborate with clients to deliver analytics and data strategies. Mentor peers and manage growing client responsibilities as a Senior Associate.

Lead design and delivery of cloud-based data architecture, data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses/lakes, and data security. Manage projects, mentor team members, ensure governance compliance, collaborate with stakeholders, and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and scalability.

Lead design and implementation of data architecture and cloud-based data engineering solutions. Manage large projects, translate stakeholder requirements into technical designs, ensure data governance and security, develop data models and pipelines, advise clients strategically, and coach teams to deliver operational excellence.

The Data Engineer will develop and implement ETL processes, design data architectures, work with data platforms, and ensure data solutions meet scalability and security needs. Responsibilities include mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements and optimize data transformations.

Build, model, and maintain scalable BigQuery-based data solutions on GCP. Implement performant data models, storage partitioning/clustering, ETL improvements, data validation, and documentation. Collaborate with architects, data scientists, and engineers to deliver governed, high-quality data for reporting and AI initiatives.

As a Data Engineer, you'll lead data engineering projects, develop data transformations, build workflows with Apache Airflow, and ensure data quality and integrity while collaborating with stakeholders.

As a Senior Data Engineer at Jellyfish, you'll build and maintain data pipelines, optimize orchestration, automate CI/CD processes, and enhance data integration while ensuring high performance and reliability.

Lead design and operation of large-scale data pipelines and data APIs. Build Spark/PySpark workflows on Databricks, optimize job performance, manage data quality and observability, and develop MCP servers and AI-agent integrations. Mentor engineers, define standards, support production incidents and on-call rotations, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data platform products.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.