Top Data Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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.

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 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.

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.

Design, develop, and implement ETL/BI and metadata/cataloging solutions. Lead data governance and data quality programs, build metadata catalogs, profile and remediate data issues, collaborate with stakeholders to define business rules and metrics, and support data stewardship and governance activities.

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.

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.

Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL and data pipelines on AWS using Python/PySpark. Develop Glue/Lambda/Step Function workflows, event-driven integrations, and data lake/warehouse solutions. Tune SQL, implement monitoring/validation, support API/JSON integrations, troubleshoot operations, document and automate deployments, and mentor junior engineers.

Support building and maintaining ETL pipelines using Python and PySpark. Work with AWS services (Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Redshift, RDS, EMR) to ingest, transform, and validate data. Write complex SQL, implement basic monitoring/logging, process API/JSON payloads, and collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders on deployment and documentation.

Design and implement scalable data pipelines and orchestration on GCP to support AI/ML-driven mail intelligence. Build stream and batch processing, ensure data governance and quality, optimize workflows, create visualizations, and collaborate with US cross-functional teams to align technical strategy and recover from failures.

Design, develop, maintain, and optimize ADABAS database structures and data solutions. Support mainframe data processing (Natural, COBOL, JCL), perform migrations to modern platforms, tune performance, ensure data integrity/security, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with developers, architects, and analysts on modernization, API/cloud integration, and data warehousing initiatives.

Lead design and delivery of scalable data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines. Define governance, quality, monitoring, and CI/CD. Build real-time streaming systems and production AI/ML data flows (embeddings, vector stores, RAG, feature stores). Mentor engineers, set platform strategy, and drive data platform modernization.

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.

Support design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines and infrastructure. Assist with ETL/ELT workflows, data ingestion, cleaning, validation, modeling, and warehousing. Document processes and collaborate with data teams to support analytics use cases.

Design, build, and maintain Data Vault 2.0 data warehouse and Power BI solutions. Develop ETL pipelines, data models, reusable datasets, and data governance. Perform profiling, cleansing, migrations, and collaborate with infrastructure teams to optimize data delivery, automation, and reporting.

Own and maintain the companys data infrastructure and pipelines. Design, build, and monitor ETL/ELT workflows and data architecture; integrate SaaS sources; enforce data quality, standards, and governance; partner with stakeholders to deliver analytics-ready data and meet data availability SLAs.

Owner of data platform modernization: design and migrate legacy systems to Kimball-style dimensional models and star schemas; build reliable production data pipelines; enforce data hygiene and validation; champion dbt best practices; mentor junior engineers; collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to ensure scalable, well-documented data models and platform observability.

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 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.

Design and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines and cloud data warehouse models, build Power BI reports, apply AI tools to accelerate data workflows, and partner with business stakeholders to deliver reliable analytics and data governance.

Analyze large and diverse datasets to uncover insights, develop/train/deploy machine learning models, design data preprocessing pipelines, and create visualizations and reports. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build predictive models, recommendation systems, and optimization algorithms to drive business improvements.

Design, implement, and optimize Snowflake data storage and ETL solutions. Write and tune SQL, integrate data sources and BI tools, ensure data security and compliance, and collaborate with teams to meet business objectives.