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As a Kimball Midwest associate, you'll be part of a company built on long-term growth and strong values. From $1 million in sales in 1983 to over $500 million today, our success has been driven by our people. Despite our growth, we have stayed true to our family-owned and operated roots, where employees are recognized as individuals and our culture remains a top priority.\n\nThe Data Engineer will work primarily within our Microsoft data ecosystem, designing pipelines, transforming large datasets, troubleshooting production issues, and partnering with business and technology teams to make data useful and accessible across the organization. This role is responsible for building and supporting reliable data solutions that make accurate, timely, and trusted data available for reporting, analytics, operational processes, and emerging AI capabilities.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, and support scalable ETL/ELT pipelines that integrate data from databases, APIs, business applications, files, and other internal and external sources.\nDevelop and optimize SQL, Python, and PySpark solutions to transform large datasets and make reliable data available for reporting and analytics.\nBuild and maintain data warehouses, data lakes, dimensional models, and related data structures within Microsoft Fabric and other enterprise data platforms.\nMonitor and troubleshoot production data issues, including pipeline failures, unavailable data, processing delays, and performance bottlenecks, and implement long-term solutions.\nPartner with analysts, business stakeholders, architects, and technology teams to understand requirements and deliver secure, maintainable data solutions.\nParticipate in technical discussions, peer reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts, including opportunities to responsibly use AI and automation.\n\nQualifications\n5+ years of experience in data engineering, data integration, analytics engineering, or a related field.\nBachelor's degree in a computer-related field or equivalent relevant experience.\nStrong experience with SQL and Python/PySpark, including building and optimizing production data pipelines.\nExperience with Spark and cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.\nStrong knowledge of ETL/ELT, data warehouses and lakes, data modeling, data quality, and production support.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex data and pipeline issues and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.\nExperience building and optimizing pipelines that process large-scale datasets, including millions of records.\nExperience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, or similar modern data platforms preferred.\nExperience with Scala, NoSQL technologies, AI-assisted development, or AI-enabled data solutions preferred.\n\nAdditional Information:\n\nThis is a fully on-site position reporting to the Columbus, Ohio office Monday through Friday.\n\nThis salary range for this position is between $105,000-$130,000. \n\nWe offer a benefits package that includes health, dental and vision insurance, company sponsored life, optional life and disability insurance, Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts, a 401(k) plus match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (PTO), a Dress for your Day dress code and paid holidays. \n\nKimball Midwest is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a program of recruitment of females, minority group members, individuals with disabilities, qualifying veterans and any other classification that is protected by federal, state, or local law.\n\nWe Participate in E-Verify. 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