Top Remote Data Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

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.

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 governed Silver/Gold data models and semantic assets on Databricks. Translate stakeholder KPIs into testable, reusable transformations, apply enterprise modeling standards, enable domain self-service, ensure data sensitivity and governance, and review domain-contributed models for production readiness.

Build, deploy, and operate production-grade data pipelines and data products for healthcare audiences. Design transformations, data models, and governed views using Python, SQL, Airflow, S3, Snowflake, and EMR. Implement data-quality, monitoring, and privacy-by-design controls for PHI/PII. Partner with product, analytics, and platform teams to onboard sources, support audience discovery, segmentation, activation, measurement, and troubleshoot production issues.

As the founding engineer of the Data Intelligence team, you will design semantic layers, develop AI tooling, and automate data processes to drive business insights.

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).

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines on Databricks using PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and cloud platforms. Troubleshoot performance and quality issues, implement data governance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and document pipelines and data models to deliver reliable, production-ready data products.

Build and support high-performance data solutions, design and operate ETL pipelines and data warehouses, monitor production analytics tools, troubleshoot system issues, collaborate with product teams, and support TechOps for analytics infrastructure.

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, develop, test, maintain, and support secure, scalable data solutions using Snowflake and Databricks. Lead technical design, author specifications, review code, mentor engineers, ensure SDLC, audit/security compliance, and drive technical strategy while collaborating with architects and business partners. Participate in Agile ceremonies, be on-call as needed, and travel occasionally.

Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines, ingest and transform structured and unstructured data, integrate APIs and external sources, improve data quality and monitoring, support dashboards and ML pipelines, optimize warehouse and cloud performance, and contribute to data governance and documentation.

Build and maintain production-grade data processing systems and foundational infrastructure for enterprise AI. Collaborate with researchers and engineers, deliver end-to-end implementations, transform unstructured data into performant datasets, and use distributed processing frameworks and modern analytics tooling to inform products and strategy.

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.

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 optimize Snowflake-based data warehouses and dbt transformation pipelines. Develop scalable ETL/ELT ingestion, tune SQL and warehouse performance, implement data quality/testing (dbt tests), and maintain CI/CD and version-controlled data workflows while collaborating with analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders.

Lead design, build, and operate real-time, Flink-based streaming data platforms. Develop low-latency, stateful pipelines, enforce event schemas/contracts, ensure fault tolerance and observability, mentor engineers, and partner with architecture and compliance teams to deliver resilient streaming solutions for banking use cases.

The Principal Data Engineer will lead data architecture initiatives, design scalable data systems, and oversee data standards across teams while ensuring high-quality data infrastructure and guiding engineering teams.

Design, build, and maintain an internal data platform and pipelines. Ensure secure, governed, resilient data access for engineering and BI teams. Partner with architects, implement automations, support platform consumption, mentor users, and drive continuous improvement and compliance.

Lead architecture and implementation of a large-scale analytics stack: design foundational pipelines, establish modeling/orchestration standards, integrate AI-assisted engineering tools, translate business questions into version-controlled data models, partner with stakeholders to define metrics and data contracts, migrate logic into maintainable pipelines, and optimize cloud warehouse performance for scale.

Build, maintain, and monitor ETL/ELT pipelines in the Microsoft Fabric ecosystem. Implement medallion architecture, transform raw data into analytics-ready models, ensure pipeline reliability and data quality, troubleshoot failures, optimize performance, and support CI/CD and version control for data artifacts.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, data lakes, and databases; ingest and map customer financial datasets; monitor pipeline reliability; translate business requirements into data flows and analytical insights to ensure high-quality, usable data.

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 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.

Own product telemetry, maintain dbt models in Snowflake, support self-service reporting and NLP queries, drive product insights from user and retention data, and monitor Airbyte syncs to ensure data quality.

Build and operate ingestion and transformation pipelines to turn messy insurance data into clean datasets. Design bronze/silver/fact layers, model and tune Postgres and analytical stores, define KPIs and reconciliation checks, orchestrate observable data jobs, and ensure end-to-end data quality for analytics and AI products.