Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Richmond, VA

Lead technical strategy and architectural evolution in marketing technology, mentoring teams and driving innovative solutions across data engineering and platforms.

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 data architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, warehouses and lakes. Ensure data governance, security, cloud deployments, performance and cost optimization. Coach and manage team members, partner with stakeholders, and drive data-driven solutions for clients.

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.

Design and implement data architecture and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). Analyze complex problems, mentor junior staff, ensure data governance/security compliance, liaise with stakeholders, and deliver high-quality client solutions while developing technical and client-facing skills.

Lead Data Engineer responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting cloud-based data publication and transformation solutions. Collaborate across Agile teams to build distributed, real-time data pipelines and data warehousing (Redshift/Snowflake), perform unit tests and code reviews, mentor engineers, and adopt emerging technologies to deliver scalable data platforms.

As a Sr. Lead Data Engineer, you'll collaborate across teams to develop technical solutions, lead developers, and utilize big data technologies and cloud services to support data transformations.

Lead and mentor a data engineering team to design, build, test, and support cloud-based data solutions. Develop distributed, real-time and batch data pipelines using Java/Scala/Python, NoSQL and RDBMS, and cloud data warehousing (Redshift/Snowflake). Collaborate with product managers and Agile teams to deliver performant, production-ready systems.

Lead and mentor a team of data engineers to design, develop, test, implement, and support cloud-based data platforms and full-stack solutions. Build distributed, real-time, and batch data systems using Java/Scala/Python, big data tools (Spark, Hadoop, Kafka), NoSQL and RDBMS, and data warehouses (Redshift, Snowflake). Collaborate with Agile teams, perform unit tests and code reviews, and drive technology experimentation and transformation.

As a Senior Lead Data Engineer, you'll lead development teams, design technical solutions, utilize big data and cloud technologies, and drive transformation initiatives.

Lead and mentor a data engineering team to design, build, test, and support cloud-based, real-time data platforms and distributed microservices using modern big data, streaming, and data warehousing technologies to deliver scalable customer and enterprise experiences.

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.

As a Senior Lead Data Engineer, you'll lead a development team, design and implement data solutions using machine learning, distributed systems, and full-stack technologies, while collaborating with Agile teams and ensuring code quality.

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.

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 end-to-end migration of document-heavy legacy systems to cloud, converting unstructured records into analytics-ready formats, ensuring data quality and governance. Build and maintain MuleSoft integrations and APIs, apply data transformation (DataWeave), support Salesforce Data 360 implementation, and ensure lineage, metadata, and compliance while collaborating in Agile teams for phased cutovers and audit readiness.

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.

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.

The Data Engineer will design and maintain data pipelines, enhance the data warehouse, support machine learning applications, and collaborate with various teams to leverage data effectively.

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing data workflows and pipelines, implementing systems engineering principles, and deploying data streaming technologies while ensuring compliance with industry regulations and best practices.

Forward-deployed senior data engineer who deploys, hardens, integrates, and operates a data platform (lakehouse, streaming, governance) in DoD environments. Build pipelines across classification boundaries, produce accreditation evidence (STIG/cATO/FIPS), run day-2 operations, train mission teams, and mentor junior FDEs while feeding field feedback into product improvements.

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.