BlueLabs, Inc.
Data Engineer II
About this role
BlueLabs seeks an experienced Data Engineer II to lead the modernization of its data platform, focusing on Kimball-style dimensional modeling, data quality standards, and migration of legacy systems to a scalable cloud architecture. You'll work closely with leadership to drive platform vision into execution while mentoring junior engineers and establishing best practices across the organization.
What you'll do
- Design and implement Kimball-style dimensional models and star schema architectures to modernize legacy data systems
- Own data quality standards by identifying, documenting, and remediating data issues proactively across the platform
- Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines with emphasis on reliability, observability, and maintainability
- Develop and champion data modeling, transformation, and testing best practices across the engineering team
- Extract and codify business logic from existing systems into well-documented, cloud-agnostic transformation layers
- Mentor Data Engineer I team members and provide technical guidance on architectural decisions
What they're looking for
- Dimensional modeling and Kimball methodology
- SQL and Python (production-quality code)
- dbt (advanced features including custom tests, macros, packages)
- Snowflake and Redshift
- Data warehouse architecture and migration
- Data quality frameworks and validation pipelines
- Technical communication with engineering and non-technical stakeholders
- Cross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Competitive salary: $95,000–$125,000
- Premier health insurance, 401K matching, and unlimited vacation
- 15 weeks paid parental leave and paid sick/personal/volunteer leave
- Professional development stipend and tuition reimbursement
- Flexible remote work (U.S.-based), flexible hours, and supportive culture
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BlueLabs, Inc.
BlueLabs builds and modernizes data platforms using cloud architecture and dimensional modeling to enable scalable analytics. The company is hiring Data Engineers to lead platform modernization efforts, mentor teams, and establish data quality standards.
View all jobs at BlueLabs, Inc.Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a data warehouse migration or platform modernization project you led. What was the legacy architecture, what challenges did you face, and how did you approach the Kimball/star schema redesign?
- Describe your experience with dbt. Can you give a specific example of how you've used advanced features like custom tests, macros, or packages to solve a data quality or maintainability problem?