Sr. Data Engineer
Information Technology
Information Technology
Charlotte , North Carolina Contract To Hire Jan 7, 2026
Sr. Data Engineer
Location: Remote (CST or EST) w/ quarterly travel for PI planning
Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire
Pay: $75-$80/hour
*Sponsorship not available, must be USC/GC*
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our global Fortune 500 client, with U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, NC, is a world class food service provider with a strong presence across the nation. Celebrating almost 30 years in North America, this employee-focused company has received honors for diversity and inclusion, innovation, health and wellness, and company culture. CRG has successfully placed over 220 employees within the last 7 years within this organization, known for its continuous growth opportunities, fantastic benefits package, innovative technology, flexible work environment, and collaborative culture.
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with expertise in developing data ingestion pipelines. This role is crucial in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure, focusing on creating scalable pipelines, ensuring data integrity, and optimizing performance.
Key skills include strong Snowflake expertise, advanced SQL proficiency, data extraction from APIs using Python and AWS Lambda, and experience with ETL/ELT processes. Workflow automation using AWS Airflow is essential, and experience with Fivetran and DBT is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
QUALIFICATIONS
Location: Remote (CST or EST) w/ quarterly travel for PI planning
Duration: 6-month contract-to-hire
Pay: $75-$80/hour
*Sponsorship not available, must be USC/GC*
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our global Fortune 500 client, with U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, NC, is a world class food service provider with a strong presence across the nation. Celebrating almost 30 years in North America, this employee-focused company has received honors for diversity and inclusion, innovation, health and wellness, and company culture. CRG has successfully placed over 220 employees within the last 7 years within this organization, known for its continuous growth opportunities, fantastic benefits package, innovative technology, flexible work environment, and collaborative culture.
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with expertise in developing data ingestion pipelines. This role is crucial in designing, building, and maintaining our data infrastructure, focusing on creating scalable pipelines, ensuring data integrity, and optimizing performance.
Key skills include strong Snowflake expertise, advanced SQL proficiency, data extraction from APIs using Python and AWS Lambda, and experience with ETL/ELT processes. Workflow automation using AWS Airflow is essential, and experience with Fivetran and DBT is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, build, test, and implement scalable data pipelines using Python and SQL.
- Maintain and optimize our Snowflake data warehouse’s performance, including data ingestion and query optimization.
- Extract data from APIs using Python and AWS Lambda and automate workflows with AWS Airflow.
- Perform analysis and critical thinking to troubleshoot data-related issues and implement checks/scripts to enhance data quality.
- Collaborate with other data engineers and architects to develop new pipelines and/or optimize existing ones.
- Maintain code via CI/CD processes as defined in our Azure DevOps platform.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering roles, with a focus on building and implementing scalable data pipelines for data ingestion.
- Expertise in Snowflake, including data ingestion and performance optimization.
- Strong SQL skills for writing efficient queries and optimizing existing ones.
- Proficiency in Python for data extraction from APIs using AWS Lambda, Glue, etc.
- Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, Airflow, Glue, S3, SNS, etc.
- Highly self-motivated and detail-oriented with strong communication skills.
- Familiarity with ETL/ELT processes.
- Experience with Fivetran and DBT is a plus.
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