[Remote] Senior Data Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse solutions on the Databricks platform to support enterprise data and AI initiatives, collaborating closely with architects, analytics, and data science teams to deliver high-quality data products.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, ETL and ELT processes, and data models within the Databricks platform
• Design, develop, and deploy data and AI solutions using Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, and related technologies
• Develop batch and streaming pipelines using tools such as Databricks Workflows and Azure Data Factory
• Design logical data flow diagrams and normalized schemas, implementing Lakehouse patterns such as the Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers)
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance throughout the data lifecycle, including use of Unity Catalog
• Optimize Spark jobs and data transformations through effective partitioning, caching, and join strategies
• Monitor pipeline execution, identify failures, and troubleshoot complex data processing issues
• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
• Support documentation of data processes, standards, and data flows

Skills

• 5 Years of experience designing, developing, and deploying data solutions on the Databricks platform
• Proficiency in Python, including PySpark, and SQL
• Hands‑on experience with Spark, Delta Lake, and Lakehouse architectures
• Experience implementing data quality, governance, and security practices across data pipelines
• Strong problem‑solving, collaboration, and communication skills
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts, tools, and libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit‑learn, and MLflow is a plus
• Experience configuring and integrating external AI models and working with AI governance and monitoring tools is a plus
• Experience with asynchronous programming patterns in Python for building scalable data or AI workloads is a plus

Company Overview

At CDW, we know how to make technology work so people can do great things. It was founded in 1984, and is headquartered in Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://cdw.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

CDW has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 14 in 2026, 59 in 2025, 49 in 2024, 37 in 2023, 86 in 2022, 44 in 2021, 19 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.