Senior Data Engineer (2)
Location: Irving, Texas
Country: United States
Category: Data & Analytics
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract To Hire
Posted Date: September 5, 2026
Job ID: 651656
Job Description
Senior AZURE Data Engineer
Location: Dallas, Texas - HYBRID AND IN PERSON INTERVIEW
Job Type: 6 month plus Contract
Rate: $68.00-$72.00
MUST BE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY ON OUR W2 BASIS WITHOUT SPONSORSHIP AT ANY POINT
NO C2C HELP IN ANY FORM
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Platform Core team to build, operate, and scale our governed data foundations. In this role, you will take primary technical ownership of productionizing a heavy notebook estate--migrating complex prototypes into robust, tested, and maintainable cloud data pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Notebook Migration & Standardization: Audit, refactor, and migrate exploratory notebooks and analytically complex code into production-grade, source-controlled assets.
- Pipeline Engineering: Build and maintain ingestion, transformation, and curated data pipelines across our cloud platform.
- Quality & Observability: Implement automated testing, data quality controls, monitoring, lineage tracking, and CI/CD deployment workflows.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Analytics Engineers, Systems Analysts, and domain experts to translate validated requirements into reliable data products.
- Documentation & Operations: Document technical designs, standard operating procedures, data models, and system limitations.
- 9+ years of total experience as a Data Engineer.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, and SQL operating production cloud pipelines.
- Proven track record of inheriting, refactoring, and productionizing legacy code, prototypes, or complex notebooks.
- Strong expertise in data modeling, performance tuning, and troubleshooting source data issues.
- Practical knowledge of orchestration, Git workflows, CI/CD, data testing, and access controls.
- Self-driven, curious problem solver with excellent documentation and stakeholder communication habits.
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
