Data Engineer II
Job Description
Gilbane Building Company is hiring a Data Engineer II in Providence, RI (onsite) to design and deliver production-ready data solutions.
Responsibilities
- Independently own defined data engineering solutions from requirements and design through deployment, monitoring, and ongoing support
- Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines and integrations, including data models, APIs, and batch or near-real-time workflows
- Convert business rules and source-system behavior into maintainable technical designs and data mappings
- Implement automated testing, reconciliation, observability, alerting, metadata management, and data lineage for assigned solutions
- Tune pipelines, storage, and queries to improve reliability, scalability, performance, and cost effectiveness
- Troubleshoot production incidents, conduct root-cause analysis, remediate defects, and help prevent recurrence
- Apply CI/CD, version control, code review, documentation, and security, privacy, and governance standards
- Collaborate with analytics, BI, data science, architecture, product, and business teams to deliver usable data products
- Find opportunities to automate manual processes and create reusable engineering patterns
- Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, code review, and knowledge sharing
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, statistics, or a related field
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in data engineering, software engineering, business intelligence, analytics engineering, or data platform development
- Experience building and supporting production ETL/ELT pipelines and working with data models, warehouses, lakes, or lakehouses
- Strong SQL and proficiency in Python, Scala, Java, or a similar language
- Experience with a cloud data platform, an orchestration tool, and automated testing or CI/CD preferred
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Technologies
- ETL/ELT
- SQL
- Python
- Scala
- Java
- CI/CD
- Cloud data platform
- Orchestration tool
- APIs
- Metadata
- Lineage
- Observability
- Alerting
- Version control
Benefits
- Competitive health and welfare benefits
- Generous profit-sharing/401k plan
- Investment in employees’ education (Gilbane University)
Compensation
- Pay range: USD 140,000 - 170,000 per year plus benefits and retirement program
- Final salary determined based on factors including geographic location, skills, education, experience, internal equity, and team alignment
- Qualified applicants offered a role must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test
Visa Sponsorship
- This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
Equal Opportunity Employer
- Gilbane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
- All qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions
Recruiter and Agency Notice
- Gilbane does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies
- Do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to the jobs alias, website, or any Gilbane employee
- Gilbane will not pay fees to any third party agency or firm and is not responsible for agency fees tied to unsolicited resumes
- Unsolicited resumes received are considered property of Gilbane and processed accordingly