Senior Data Engineer
Chicago, ILFull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
A Data Engineer role focusing on developing and maintaining data pipelines, models, and supporting analytics at Tovala, a food-tech company reinventing home cooking.
Responsibilities
- Designing, building, maintaining, and improving data pipelines for large data volumes from multiple sources.
- Developing robust data models for analytics and reporting, ensuring data accuracy and currency.
- Maintaining and developing user-friendly development and production environments.
- Implementing rigorous testing and validation processes for code and systems.
- Deploying machine learning and AI models to enhance understanding of the business and product.
- Collaborating with analysts, software engineers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
- Proficient in SQL (preferably SnowSQL).
- Strong Python skills, with a focus on efficiency and performance in ELT pipelines.
- Experience with Snowflake database management, tuning, and administration.
- Understanding of security and DevOps best practices.
- Experience with AWS services (S3, Lambdas, EC2, IAM roles, Security Groups).
- Experience with dbt and macros.
- Experience with Docker or similar containerization tools.
- Experience deploying machine learning models (plus).
- Experience with using generative AI for text analytics (plus).
Skills
Required:SQLPythonDatabase managementAWSData Modeling and Transformation
Nice to have:Data Build Tool (dbt)Containerization (Docker)ML/AI deploymentText Analytics with Generative AI
Benefits
- Market-competitive salary with equity ownership.
- Flexible paid time off (minimum 15 days).
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage, 401k with match.
- Free Tovala Smart Oven and discounted meals.
- Paid holidays and winter office shutdown.
- Recognition programs, learning stipend, casual dress, office amenities, and swag.
Last updated Apr 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Tovala
A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service.
Tovala is a Chicago-based food-tech company with a smart oven that is paired with a weekly meal delivery service.
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