Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Design, build, and deliver scalable data pipelines and products end-to-end. Partner with analytics, product, and engineering to ingest diverse data sources, implement dbt transformations, ensure data quality, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and cost/performance optimization. Leverage AI/automation for self-service tooling and intelligent pipelines while driving stakeholder alignment and reliable production operations.

Lead design and optimization of high-throughput data ingestion pipelines and Python-based microservices. Improve pipeline performance, reliability, and observability across distributed systems, define unified ingestion architectures, work with Snowflake for analytics, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure scalable, fault-tolerant data platforms.

Designs, develops, optimizes, and maintains enterprise data platforms, databases, ETL workflows, reporting solutions, and business intelligence systems. Leads technical design, SDLC processes, production troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder collaboration, and automation efforts. Requires advanced Microsoft SQL Server, T-SQL, and SSIS expertise, plus experience with data warehousing, BI, dashboards, and Microsoft DevOps. Cloud data services, APIs, Microsoft BI tools, and Python or Java are preferred or advantageous.

Designs, develops, and optimizes enterprise data platforms, databases, ETL workflows, data integrations, reporting, and business intelligence solutions. Leads technical designs, automated process improvements, production troubleshooting, documentation, and dashboard development. Collaborates with stakeholders and vendors, supports scalability and cloud migration, and participates in an off-hours support rotation. Requires advanced SQL Server, SSIS, T-SQL, SDLC, and data engineering expertise.

Build and maintain scalable batch and real-time data pipelines, model data to power analytics and ML, and operate distributed data systems. Collaborate with business, engineering, and data science teams to ensure data quality, documentation, and debugging while adopting new technologies and working in an ambiguous, fast-changing environment.

Build and maintain low-latency, highly available distributed data systems and services to deliver high-quality data for product, analytics, and ML. Partner with data scientists and product teams to design scalable, observable, multi-tenant data products using batch and real-time processing frameworks. Ensure 24x7 reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence while owning end-to-end delivery.

Design, build, and own large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines and core Ads data products. Collaborate with analytics, data science, and engineering teams to model, transform, govern, and deliver high-quality ad datasets for analysis, ML, and reporting while ensuring privacy compliance.

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.

Design, build, and operate scalable cloud data pipelines and platforms (Azure preferred). Implement DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, performance tuning, and production readiness. Mentor engineers, drive operational excellence, and translate requirements into robust technical designs. Apply healthcare domain knowledge and collaborate in agile teams to deliver secure, reliable data products.

Lead data engineering and advanced analytics work for DoD/IC clients: design and build AI/ML models (including LLMs/agentic AI), clean and retrieve data, visualize results for non-technical leaders, guide teammates, and operate on classified networks with required TS/SCI clearance and polygraph readiness.

Lead data engineering efforts to turn large, disparate datasets into actionable insights. Build and evaluate advanced analytics and AI/ML models (including LLMs/agentic AI), visualize results for non-technical leaders, work on classified networks, guide teammates, and advise clients. Requires conveying complex findings clearly and making go/no-go recommendations.

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.

Design and deliver Databricks lakehouse solutions: build ETL/ELT pipelines with PySpark and SQL, implement governance and Unity Catalog, integrate data platforms with applications via APIs/events, apply cloud architecture best practices, automate CI/CD for Databricks workloads, and consult with clients on requirements and solution design.

As a Data Engineer, you will design and maintain data pipelines, support DoD systems, and ensure data quality and compliance.

Lead architecture and delivery of a cloud-native, petabyte-scale data platform: define technical roadmap, mentor engineers, build ETL/ELT pipelines, enable real-time streaming, implement Iceberg table format, optimize Snowflake/Redshift/Athena compute, and integrate observability with Splunk.

Design, build, and optimize scalable AWS-based data pipelines, data lakes, and warehouses. Migrate legacy systems, enforce data quality/security/governance, implement ETL/ELT and big-data solutions, adopt CI/CD and IaC, collaborate with stakeholders, and provide technical leadership and troubleshooting.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, lakes, and infrastructure using Databricks, Spark, Python, and AWS. Collaborate with ML engineers, data scientists, and analysts to deliver data products, ensure data quality and governance, implement DevOps/SDLC practices, mentor junior engineers, and evaluate new data technologies.

Design, build, modernize, and maintain operational and analytical data capabilities for Wealthscape Reporting, Analytics and Insights. Perform solution design, data analysis, ETL development, and production rollouts using Snowflake, AWS, cloud databases, and CI/CD pipelines. Collaborate across teams in a fast-paced financial services environment.

Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines and orchestration using Airflow, Python, and PySpark. Develop custom connectors, implement DataOps and CI/CD for data workflows, monitor and troubleshoot pipelines, validate data quality, and document processes while collaborating with cross-functional teams and supporting large-scale distributed data systems.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines on AWS using EMR, Spark, and PySpark. Optimize EMR clusters and Spark jobs, implement ETL/ELT processes, ensure data quality, automate ingestion, and collaborate with data scientists and analysts. Document infrastructure, participate in code reviews, and monitor performance and costs.

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 production-grade data processing systems and foundational infrastructure for enterprise AI. Collaborate with researchers and engineers, deliver end-to-end implementations, transform unstructured data into performant datasets, and use distributed processing frameworks and modern analytics tooling to inform products and strategy.

Lead design, build, and operate real-time, Flink-based streaming data platforms. Develop low-latency, stateful pipelines, enforce event schemas/contracts, ensure fault tolerance and observability, mentor engineers, and partner with architecture and compliance teams to deliver resilient streaming solutions for banking use cases.

Design, build, and operate scalable data platforms and pipelines; ingest, clean, query, and store disparate DoW/IC data; select and optimize SQL/NoSQL backends; lead cross-functional teams in agile environments; maintain data management systems for mission-driven analytics.

Design, harden, and scale Snowflake and AWS data platforms, build dimensional data models and resilient Airflow pipelines, optimize complex SQL, develop dbt semantic layers, deploy ML models in AWS, integrate AI/LLMs into workflows, and build data APIs (FastAPI/Flask) to enable enterprise analytics and operational ROI.