Top Data Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data foundations using Databricks, dbt, and AWS. Transform raw structured and unstructured data into reliable datasets for product analytics and data science, including telemetry, streaming data, and feature engineering. Develop dashboards in Tableau and Databricks, optimize workflows, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, analytics, and data science stakeholders to support product health, adoption, and performance insights.

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and the Enterprise Data Hub. Partner with stakeholders to productionize ingestions, ensure data quality, implement metadata/catalog solutions, mentor junior engineers, and support analytics and ML workloads using cloud and big-data tooling.

Design and optimize Snowflake data warehouses, dbt transformation models, and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines. Develop ingestion utilities, improve SQL and warehouse performance, establish data quality and governance controls, and maintain CI/CD workflows using Git. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders across manufacturing, supply chain, and operations. The role also supports modern DataOps practices and may involve orchestration tools and cloud platforms.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, dbt, and SQL. Develop data models, transformations, tests, and documentation; ingest data from APIs, databases, files, and enterprise applications; optimize performance; ensure data quality; troubleshoot failures; and support production deployments and monitoring.

Designs, builds, tests, maintains, and optimizes large-scale data pipelines, ETL processes, ingestion workflows, and cloud data storage. Develops Databricks data engineering and AI/ML pipelines, Azure Data Lake solutions, Power BI dashboards, and CI/CD automation. Ensures data quality, security, scalability, cost efficiency, and reusable engineering practices while collaborating with distributed technical teams.

Build, model, and maintain scalable BigQuery-based data solutions on GCP. Implement performant data models, storage partitioning/clustering, ETL improvements, data validation, and documentation. Collaborate with architects, data scientists, and engineers to deliver governed, high-quality data for reporting and AI initiatives.

Designs and operates scalable batch and streaming data pipelines and AI-ready data products across Databricks, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and cloud services. Develops governed data assets, semantic models, search and retrieval capabilities, and data quality processes. Supports Snowflake Cortex and Databricks initiatives, production troubleshooting, orchestration, performance optimization, CI/CD, and observability. Partners with business and technical teams on roadmaps and adoption, evaluates AI-assisted engineering tools, mentors engineers, and establishes reusable platform patterns.

Designs, builds, deploys, and maintains scalable data architectures, databases, ETL/ELT pipelines, API integrations, and cloud data solutions in AWS GovCloud. Migrates on-premises databases to cloud platforms, optimizes data models and performance, implements governance and security controls, and supports reporting and analytics. Collaborates with architects, data scientists, and stakeholders while documenting systems and conducting integration, validation, cost, and risk assessments.

Designs, builds, and maintains cloud data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting VA healthcare analytics. Responsibilities include patient matching, record linkage, data harmonization, quality management, documentation, performance optimization, and pipeline support. Collaborates with analysts and stakeholders to develop scalable solutions and Power BI reports using Databricks SparkSQL. The role requires federal healthcare data experience, strong SQL or Spark SQL skills, and the ability to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance.

Supports the design and development of scalable end-to-end data pipelines and cloud data platforms. Responsibilities include improving data reliability and quality, implementing data management practices, supporting automation and process improvements, ensuring secure and cost-effective solutions, and recommending system enhancements. The intern collaborates with global teams and gains hands-on experience in data engineering, project coordination, and innovation management.

The Principal Data Engineer designs and builds scalable cloud-native data platforms, pipelines, frameworks, and governed data products supporting analytics, reporting, AI, and operational workloads. Responsibilities include Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Azure, SQL Server, batch and streaming processing, data integration, performance optimization, governance, modernization, troubleshooting, architecture reviews, and mentorship. The role provides senior technical leadership without direct people management and supports insurance-domain data across policy, claims, billing, finance, and regulatory functions.

Build and maintain scalable data platforms and systems that transform raw market data into validated analytical datasets, including bars, residuals, curves, volatility surfaces, and greeks. Collaborate with trading, research, and external vendor teams to understand datasets and workflows, implement calculations, document technical solutions, and ensure reliable delivery through strong testing and validation practices.

Develop and implement data pipelines and large-scale datasets for reporting and analytics. Analyze data sources for quality and availability, standardize data structures, document technical designs, create unit tests, and support QA testing. The internship provides supervised, practical data engineering experience, mentorship, leadership exposure, and opportunities to present project outcomes.

Build and maintain centralized, validated data platforms covering reference, fundamental, market, index, exchange, instrument, and security master datasets. Analyze vendor data, design scalable data models, implement quality controls, resolve processing issues, and partner with quantitative researchers and traders. Provide technical leadership and mentorship while maintaining testing and system design standards across the Core Data team.

Build and configure a government Databricks workspace, develop ingestion pipelines from enterprise systems, and prepare data for reporting. Implement Unity Catalog governance, metadata, auditing, and lineage; configure MLflow workflows; assess security controls for sensitive data; and create architecture documentation, data dictionaries, and operating procedures. The role also requires integrating legacy systems, optimizing Delta Lake pipelines, and supporting long-term platform sustainment.

Designs and maintains ELT pipelines, warehouse integrations, data models, and data quality processes. Collaborates with data scientists, analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable analytical solutions. Responsibilities include data integration, governance, security, performance optimization, exploratory analysis, visualization, and cloud-based API ingestion. Requires strong SQL, DBT, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, cloud, and scripting experience, plus leadership and communication skills.

Build and maintain production data pipelines, Airflow DAGs, Snowflake infrastructure, and Data Vault 2.0 models. Ensure data quality, observability, security, governance, reliability, and cost efficiency through automated testing and CI/CD. Lead technical projects end-to-end, collaborate with stakeholders, and support SOX-relevant reporting while developing expertise in commercial insurance data and processes.

The Forward Deployed Data Engineer will manage AI-automated data platform migration projects, ensuring timely delivery and communication with clients while utilizing proprietary tools.

Build and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines using Databricks, Spark, PySpark, and SQL. Develop AI-assisted ingestion, data-quality repair, document extraction, and human-review workflows. Manage Delta Lake storage, Unity Catalog metadata, geospatial processing, governance, lineage, orchestration, monitoring, CI/CD, and production support. Collaborate with architects and data scientists to operationalize a governed lakehouse platform for pipeline asset integrity data.

Manage Oracle and PostgreSQL databases across on-premises and AWS environments, including upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, security, and backup recovery. Design and maintain ETL pipelines using Talend, SQL, Power Automate, and related tools. Perform data profiling, quality analysis, governance, and cloud migration activities. Create technical architecture and lineage documentation while supporting regulated, audit-ready data platforms and integrations.

Build and operate reliable ETL and ELT pipelines across lakehouse and transactional systems. Develop data models, enforce governance, integrate diverse data sources, and support analytics, APIs, and predictive tools. Monitor performance, data quality, lineage, cost, and uptime while collaborating with data science, AI, product, and innovation teams.

Build and maintain cloud cost monitoring, alerting, and optimization tooling. Develop automation, cost allocation/tagging, data pipelines, dashboards, and integrations with billing APIs. Support FinOps processes, implement cost guardrails, troubleshoot cost systems, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate with senior engineers and product teams to drive cost-efficient infrastructure and reporting.

Lead the Ads Signals & Measurement data engineering team across conversion and attribution, measurement foundations, audience onboarding, and identity. Set cross-organizational technical direction, resolve scalable data architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and partner on platform-wide initiatives. The role requires expertise in modern data stacks, advertising technology data flows, privacy and governance, distributed systems, and emerging AI technologies.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and finance data models using Snowflake, AWS, dbt Core, Python, and SQL. Develops Medallion architecture data marts, integrates ERP systems, and partners with stakeholders on financial workflows. Implements data governance, RBAC, automated quality testing, observability, documentation, CI/CD, and secure deployments. Monitors Snowflake costs and optimizes queries while supporting Oracle EBS integrations and the migration to Workday.

Designs and develops complex cloud-native data solutions, scalable batch and real-time pipelines, APIs, data models, and enterprise data platforms. Implements data governance, quality, lineage, security, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational reporting capabilities. Collaborates with architects, product owners, analysts, governance, security, and platform teams on technology strategy and cloud modernization. Mentors engineers, leads technical design discussions, presents recommendations, and supports AI-ready data products and emerging development tools.