Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake, PostgreSQL, SQL & Data Warehousing)
First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026.
Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer with strong expertise in reporting infrastructure, data modeling, and analytics platforms. This role will focus on building scalable reporting solutions, optimizing data pipelines, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. The ideal candidate will have deep experience with databases, data warehousing, and complex query development. While Ruby on Rails experience is beneficial, the primary emphasis is on data engineering and reporting systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain reporting infrastructure and data platforms.
- Build and optimize complex SQL queries, data models, and reporting datasets.
- Develop scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration processes.
- Design and maintain database schemas to support analytics and reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand reporting needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Implement data quality, governance, and performance best practices.
- Support and enhance enterprise reporting solutions and dashboards.
- Work with large-scale datasets in cloud data warehouse environments.
- Troubleshoot reporting issues and optimize database performance.
- Partner with engineering and product teams to establish sustainable data architecture.
Must Have: Technical Skills
- PostgreSQL
- Snowflake
- Advanced SQL
- Data Modeling
- Data Warehousing
- Reporting & Analytics Infrastructure
- ETL/ELT Development
- Query Performance Tuning
Success Profile:
The ideal candidate is a data-focused engineer who enjoys working with complex datasets, designing scalable reporting solutions, and building foundational infrastructure that empowers analytics and business intelligence teams. They should be comfortable navigating databases, optimizing queries, and translating business reporting needs into robust technical implementations.
Experience Range: 5-10 years
Role Type: Individual Contributor / Senior Engineer
Primary Focus: Reporting Infrastructure, Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, and Analytics Enablement.
Skills
PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Advanced SQL, Data modeling, Datawarehousing, reporting & analytics infrastructure, ETL, query performance tuning