Top Remote Data Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines and orchestration using Airflow, Python, and PySpark. Develop custom connectors, implement DataOps and CI/CD for data workflows, monitor and troubleshoot pipelines, validate data quality, and document processes while collaborating with cross-functional teams and supporting large-scale distributed data systems.

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines and platform components. Produce curated datasets, ensure data quality, observability, and lineage, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver data products that support analytics, experimentation, and ML.

Build and operate data-intensive web products and APIs, extend high-throughput ETL pipelines and scrapers, ensure reliability/observability, design self-scaling services, participate in code review, and collaborate across product, data, and infrastructure teams to meet production SLAs.

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.

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 production data pipelines and models using SQLMesh, BigQuery, and Python. Improve observability, reliability, and performance; support finance and revenue pipelines; participate in on-call rotation and own features end-to-end.

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and real-time ETL/ELT pipelines on cloud platforms. Architect data models and manage structured and unstructured datasets for analytics and ML. Collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions. Implement and document data transformations, monitor data quality, lineage, system health, and recommend tooling and governance improvements.

Design, build, and maintain data integration and ETL solutions to implement client hospital data into Meduit platforms. Develop Python scripts, SQL queries, and data models; ensure data quality, transform and map source systems, and support data warehouse and architecture improvements during client implementations.

Develop and optimize SQL-based data solutions and ETL/ELT pipelines using DBeaver. Troubleshoot data quality and performance, validate data prior to production, document transformations, and collaborate with application owners and business stakeholders. Support testing, deployments, and knowledge transfer in a healthcare data environment.

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 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.

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.

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.

Build and maintain data marts, materialized views, and ETL/ELT pipelines in an AWS-hosted data lake. Design and optimize data workflows, monitor infrastructure health and data quality, support PostgreSQL migrations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with federal data security (FISMA/NIST 800-53).

Lead architecture, systems, and roadmap for Coinbase's Compliance Reporting Data Platform. Design and build production-grade data models, pipelines, quality frameworks, validations, and certification processes. Establish data contracts, monitoring, reconciliation, and audit-ready processes. Partner with engineering and compliance stakeholders, respond to regulatory exams, and mentor engineers while shaping standards and documentation.