Top Remote Data Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design, build, and maintain a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and Azure Synapse data warehouse. Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, dimensional/semantic models, and data quality checks. Tune SQL and Spark workloads, implement monitoring/alerting, handle production incidents, and integrate source systems and APIs. Partner with stakeholders, follow Agile practices, document runbooks, and participate in code reviews.

The Data Engineer will develop data pipelines, support data automation, collaborate with Agile teams, and ensure data reliability and performance. The role requires strong ETL skills and experience with relational databases, big data analysis, and CI/CD practices.

Design and implement Databricks-based Lakehouse pipelines (PySpark, Delta Lake, DLT), ensure data quality and governance (Unity Catalog), enable ML-ready datasets with MLflow, optimize performance, build CI/CD, and collaborate directly with clients and stakeholders.

Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data quality/monitoring to enable ML workflows, analytics, and Power BI reporting while partnering with Product, Engineering, and AI 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.

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.

Build and maintain governed Silver/Gold data models and semantic assets on Databricks. Translate stakeholder KPIs into testable, reusable transformations, apply enterprise modeling standards, enable domain self-service, ensure data sensitivity and governance, and review domain-contributed models for production readiness.

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.

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.

Design, build, and maintain a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and Azure Synapse data warehouse. Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and Spark/SQL workloads. Implement data quality, monitoring, and runbooks; support production incidents and API integrations. Partner with stakeholders, follow Agile practices, and conduct code reviews to deliver reliable, secure analytics data for BI and advanced analytics.

Build and maintain scalable, governed data pipelines from ingestion through transformation and integration. Implement schema validation, data quality checks, job monitoring, and production-grade APIs. Work with Python, SQL, Airflow, dbt, AWS (EMR, Athena, S3), Iceberg/Parquet, and contribute to CI/CD, observability, and on-call support while collaborating with analytics and product teams.

Lead design and operation of large-scale data pipelines and data APIs. Build Spark/PySpark workflows on Databricks, optimize job performance, manage data quality and observability, and develop MCP servers and AI-agent integrations. Mentor engineers, define standards, support production incidents and on-call rotations, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data platform products.

Own product telemetry, maintain dbt models in Snowflake, support self-service reporting and NLP queries, drive product insights from user and retention data, and monitor Airbyte syncs to ensure data quality.

Build and operate ingestion and transformation pipelines to turn messy insurance data into clean datasets. Design bronze/silver/fact layers, model and tune Postgres and analytical stores, define KPIs and reconciliation checks, orchestrate observable data jobs, and ensure end-to-end data quality for analytics and AI products.

Build and maintain large-scale data processing pipelines using Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala) and Python. Design ETL workflows, implement distributed data processing, use version control (Git), and work with cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure).

Build and maintain data marts, materialized views, and ETL/ELT pipelines in an AWS-hosted data lake. Design and optimize data workflows, monitor infrastructure health and data quality, support PostgreSQL migrations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with federal data security (FISMA/NIST 800-53).

Design, build, and maintain Keboola-based data pipelines integrating multiple business systems to deliver accurate, scalable data for supply chain, logistics, and transportation analytics; collaborate with analysts and engineers; support documentation, governance, and pipeline automation.

Lead architecture, systems, and roadmap for Coinbase's Compliance Reporting Data Platform. Design and build production-grade data models, pipelines, quality frameworks, validations, and certification processes. Establish data contracts, monitoring, reconciliation, and audit-ready processes. Partner with engineering and compliance stakeholders, respond to regulatory exams, and mentor engineers while shaping standards and documentation.

The Data Engineer will design and maintain data pipelines, enhance the data warehouse, support machine learning applications, and collaborate with various teams to leverage data effectively.

As a Data Engineer, you will build and maintain data pipelines, convert data into metrics, and operate the platform on AWS. Responsibilities include writing production code, processing data from APIs, and enhancing the orchestration layer using Dagster, while ensuring compliance in a HIPAA-regulated environment.

As a Data Engineer, you will build and maintain data pipelines, ensure data quality, support ML workflows, and optimize query performance using various technologies.

Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and integrations using Databricks and Azure. Transform and model large structured and unstructured datasets to support reporting, analytics, and operational needs. Implement data quality, monitoring, and governance; troubleshoot pipeline performance; collaborate with stakeholders and mentor junior engineers.

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing data workflows and pipelines, implementing systems engineering principles, and deploying data streaming technologies while ensuring compliance with industry regulations and best practices.

Forward-deployed senior data engineer who deploys, hardens, integrates, and operates a data platform (lakehouse, streaming, governance) in DoD environments. Build pipelines across classification boundaries, produce accreditation evidence (STIG/cATO/FIPS), run day-2 operations, train mission teams, and mentor junior FDEs while feeding field feedback into product improvements.

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