Job Title: Cloud Data Engineer
Location: Remote, USA
Experience: 3+ Years
Work Mode: 100% Remote
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using cloud platforms.
Build and optimize ETL/ELT workflows for structured and unstructured data.
Develop data ingestion, transformation, and integration solutions.
Implement cloud-based data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse architectures.
Work with large datasets using distributed processing frameworks.
Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance.
Optimize data pipeline performance, reliability, and cloud resource costs.
Implement monitoring, logging, error handling, and automated recovery.
Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders.
Develop automated deployment processes using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
Troubleshoot production data issues and maintain technical documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience building enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.
Knowledge of streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka or Amazon Kinesis.
Understanding of data governance, access controls, encryption, and compliance requirements.
Relevant cloud certifications are an advantage.
Experience Requirements
3+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field.
Hands-on experience developing production-grade data pipelines.
Practical experience with at least one major cloud platform.
Strong SQL and Python programming skills.