Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

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.

The Data Engineer will design, build, and deploy scalable data solutions, optimize data flows, and implement ETL processes, leveraging various cloud platforms and technologies.

The Lead Platform Data Engineer will design data architecture, develop scalable workflows, ensure data quality, and mentor teams in modern DataOps practices.

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.

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.

The role involves operational support for data warehouse systems, optimizing pipelines on AWS, managing CI/CD processes, and collaborating on data transformations.

Design, build, and maintain cloud-native, low-latency data pipelines and streaming solutions (Kafka, Spark, Flink) for telecom telemetry. Support observability, CI/CD, and IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation), mentor junior engineers, and enable near-real-time AI analytics and large-scale data integration for network visibility and reliability.

Lead design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure using Azure Databricks, ADF, and SQL Server. Develop OLTP and dimensional models, integrate Salesforce and SaaS sources, implement batch and real-time processing, enforce data governance and CI/CD, troubleshoot performance, mentor team members, and drive improvements to reduce technical debt and improve cost and performance.

Lead design and hands-on delivery of a next-generation data platform and pipelines (batch, ELT, near-real-time) powering BI, experimentation, and ML. Own platform architecture, data modeling, governance, observability, and mentor engineers while modernizing legacy systems and driving AI-first data engineering practices across cross-functional teams.

Lead end-to-end data engineering on GCP: design scalable data platforms and architectures (lake/lakehouse/warehouse), build and optimize BigQuery/Spark pipelines, ensure data quality/security, enable ML workflows with Data Science, mentor engineers, and own delivery and performance.

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.

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 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.

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, 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 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.

Lead data engineering efforts within Technology Consulting: design data architecture and pipelines, implement AWS/Redshift and ETL solutions, support BI (QlikView/Oracle BI), coach teams, manage client relationships and SLAs, apply systems thinking to optimize outcomes and validate solutions with stakeholders.

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.

Lead graph data engineering to design, implement, and scale Neo4j-based graph platforms. Build graph models, ingestion pipelines (batch and streaming), integrate graphs with analytics/ML, establish governance, and enable graph-driven business use cases like fraud detection and Customer 360.

Lead architecture and implementation of a large-scale analytics stack: design foundational pipelines, establish modeling/orchestration standards, integrate AI-assisted engineering tools, translate business questions into version-controlled data models, partner with stakeholders to define metrics and data contracts, migrate logic into maintainable pipelines, and optimize cloud warehouse performance for scale.

Lead data engineering engagements to design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud data architectures. Manage client accounts and mentor teams, leverage tools like DataStage, AWS/Redshift, DB2/SQL Server, GoldenGate, and BI/visualization platforms to deliver analytics, performance tuning, and scalable reporting solutions.

Design, build, and optimize Snowflake-based data warehouses and dbt transformation pipelines. Develop scalable ETL/ELT ingestion, tune SQL and warehouse performance, implement data quality/testing (dbt tests), and maintain CI/CD and version-controlled data workflows while collaborating with analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders.

The Data Engineer III will lead the development and maintenance of data infrastructure and tools, ensuring data integrity while driving strategic data initiatives.

The Data Engineer role involves developing and maintaining data pipelines for forecasting in commercial real estate, ensuring data integrity and supporting analytics teams.