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Data Engineer, Finance (R6329)

Shield AI· Finance Division – FP&A
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San Diego, CA$97k - $140kFull Time EmployeePosted 4d ago

About the role

Data Engineer to build a governed data foundation for Finance planning and decision support using Databricks, focusing on scalable pipelines, semantic-layer infrastructure, and production data services for analytics and AI-enabled applications.

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate scalable pipelines and integrations connecting enterprise data to Finance products.
  • Develop semantic-layer infrastructure and governed data access for analytics, planning, and AI applications.
  • Establish end-to-end pipeline observability, data-quality controls, and resilient operations.
  • Engineer the services and integrations behind Databricks Genie and other AI-enabled Finance workflows.
  • Use AI coding assistants to accelerate development while validating correctness, security, and performance.
  • Apply FinOps practices to manage platform spend and optimize cost without compromising service quality.
  • Partner with analytics engineers and enterprise teams on architecture, data contracts, and sustainable ownership.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical or quantitative field and a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
  • Hands-on production data engineering experience with SQL and Python or PySpark.
  • Experience with cloud data platforms, orchestration, data modeling, and governed serving patterns.
  • Ability to design for observability, recoverability, security, and maintainability.
  • Proficiency with AI coding assistants and independent validation of generated work.
  • Practical experience enabling AI capabilities on enterprise data, ideally in Databricks; adjacent Snowflake Cortex or comparable experience is welcome.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration and production ownership.

Skills

Required:SQLPython/PySparkDatabricksCloud data platformsObservability and data quality
Nice to have:FinOps

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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