Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Location: Berkeley, CA (Onsite – 5 Days/Week)

Employment Type: Contract/Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join an innovative company in the industrial technology space. This is an opportunity to own and evolve a production data platform that powers operational insights, reporting, and engineering decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines that support production and engineering operations.

Build reliable ETL/ELT workflows to ingest, process, and model operational and sensor-generated data.

Collaborate with software, controls, and test engineering teams to deliver high-quality datasets for analytics and reporting.

Establish and maintain engineering best practices, including version control, CI/CD, automated testing, documentation, and code reviews.

Support and enhance cloud-based and on-premise data infrastructure.

Evaluate technologies and recommend scalable architectural improvements for the data platform.

Monitor production data workflows and troubleshoot performance or reliability issues.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline (Master's degree preferred).

6+ years of hands-on experience building and supporting enterprise data platforms in production environments.

Strong expertise in:

Python

SQL

PostgreSQL

AWS (S3, RDS, IAM, VPC)

Apache Airflow

dbt

Docker

Git and CI/CD

Proven experience developing and maintaining production ETL/ELT pipelines.

Strong understanding of data modeling, query optimization, and engineering best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in one or more of the following industries:

Manufacturing

Industrial Automation

Robotics

Automotive

Aerospace

Semiconductor

Energy or Clean Technology

Experience working with:

Ignition

SCADA or Industrial Control Systems

Industrial Historian platforms

OPC UA

DAQ systems

Sensor, telemetry, or time-series data

Experience with reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Amazon QuickSight is an advantage.

What We're Looking For

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to make sound technical decisions and take ownership of complex data initiatives.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across multiple technical teams.