Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Wilmington, NC

Lead architecture and implementation of scalable batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines, data services, and graph-serving models for Observability & Insights. Own technical strategy, drive performance and cost improvements, enforce data governance and observability, lead cross-team initiatives, participate in on-call and incident follow-through, and partner with product and engineering to deliver low-latency graph exploration at extreme scale.

Lead enterprise data platform strategy and architecture, define data standards and governance, drive Snowflake maturity, oversee legacy data migrations, design ingestion and DataOps patterns, and enable analytics, reporting, AI, and reusable data products across the organization.

Build and maintain scalable batch and streaming ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and data warehouse architectures. Implement orchestration, quality, governance, and monitoring. Create self-service dashboards, enable ML/AI-ready datasets and feature pipelines, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver analytics and AI-enabled solutions for customer experience and post-sales operations.

Own and optimize data infrastructure and ETL/ELT pipelines using SSIS and Microsoft Fabric. Build and maintain SQL Server data warehouse staging, transformations, and lakehouse ingestion. Implement CI/CD, version control with GitHub, monitor pipeline health, troubleshoot data issues, document data flows, and translate stakeholder requirements into data engineering solutions that support BI reporting.

The Senior Data Engineer will design and implement scalable data models in BigQuery using dbt for analytics and reporting, ensuring data governance and optimal performance.

The Manufacturing Analytics Engineer will manage the analytics pipeline, transforming operational data from OT systems into actionable insights for decision-making, while collaborating with Engineering, IT, and Operations.

Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines and ELT processes using Python, SQL, Airflow, and dbt within AWS. Design optimized schemas in PostgreSQL and Redshift, leverage AI/LLMs to improve development, automation, testing, and data quality, and scale infrastructure for large healthcare datasets.

Lead design and implementation of a unified event-tracking data platform. Collaborate with Data, Product, and Engineering to build reusable event-publishing frameworks, monitoring/alerting, and deprecate legacy systems. Coach mid-level engineers, influence roadmap and processes, manage cloud/SaaS spend, create documentation, and participate in on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability and data trustworthiness.

Design and build end-to-end geospatial data systems: ingest and process satellite imagery into columnar/chunked stores, expose results via GraphQL/REST and FastAPI, build Next.js/React dashboards, automate with IaC and CI/CD, orchestrate pipelines with Prefect, optimize petabyte-scale I/O, and lead hiring, mentoring, and engineering best practices.

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.

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.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and models; collaborate with analysts and data scientists to provision prepared datasets; implement data quality, governance and monitoring; recommend technologies; lead root-cause analysis, code reviews and testing; mentor teammates and support production data environments.

As a Data Engineer, you will develop solutions for customer-centric technology, ensuring platform integration and managing data architecture. Responsibilities include building data processes, maintaining data integrity, and collaborating cross-functionally to meet business challenges.

Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Databricks and cloud platforms. Implement data quality checks, monitor and troubleshoot jobs, audit pipelines for compliance, and collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to define data models and support reporting.

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.

The role involves architecting and improving data systems, defining governance standards, optimizing performance, and mentoring engineers in data engineering.

Lead the evolution of data platform by designing scalable pipelines, improving data processes, mentoring teams, and modernizing data architecture.

Build user-facing data products by transforming internal data into actionable metrics. Collaborate with platform teams and data scientists to prototype, validate, and prioritize data sources. Write requirements and proposals, engage in user research, and deliver performant Python/SQL-based data features using Databricks and Postgres.

Lead design and development of web UI and REST middleware within an Agile team. Define requirements and acceptance criteria, implement Java/Spring and Angular solutions, build CI/CD pipelines, work with Product Owner and testers, and produce/update design documentation.

In this role, you'll build and scale high-throughput data pipelines, ensure data quality, and leverage AI for improved data operations. You'll also lead initiatives in a fast-paced environment focused on real estate data engineering.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The job involves building responsive web dashboards, advanced data visualizations, and analytics tools for unmanned aircraft systems, requiring a deep understanding of UI/UX design and data presentation.