Senior Data Engineer

​Heidrick & Struggles
Chicago
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 120,000 - 130,000 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 4-5 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Ownership","Cross-functional collaboration","Mentorship","Communication","Builder mindset"]

Own and scale production-grade data pipelines, models, and warehouse/lake environments to power data-driven insights across the firm, primarily on Snowflake. Build end-to-end solutions from requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration. Partner with data science, analytics, product, and business stakeholders to translate problems into trusted, self-service analytics and AI. Drive best practices in quality, observability, documentation, and CI/CD, while mentoring junior engineers.

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​Heidrick & Struggles
​Heidrick & Struggles
11 hours ago

Senior Data Engineer

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Job Summary

Own and scale production-grade data pipelines, models, and warehouse/lake environments to power data-driven insights across the firm, primarily on Snowflake. Build end-to-end solutions from requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration. Partner with data science, analytics, product, and business stakeholders to translate problems into trusted, self-service analytics and AI. Drive best practices in quality, observability, documentation, and CI/CD, while mentoring junior engineers.
Location: Chicago
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure data pipelines, data models, and warehouse/lake environments, primarily on Snowflake.
  • •Own end-to-end data solutions from requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and iteration.
  • •Translate business problems with cross-functional stakeholders into robust, accessible, trustworthy, and actionable data solutions.
  • •Promote data engineering best practices (coding standards, testing, observability, documentation, and CI/CD) and contribute to governance artifacts.
  • •Perform performance tuning, cost optimization, and reliability improvements in Snowflake and associated data pipelines, mentoring junior engineers as needed.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 120,000 - 130,000 annually
Perks:MedicalDentalVisionDisability LeaveParental LeavePaid Leave401k

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data & Analytics, Data Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • •4–5 years building and maintaining data lake/warehouse solutions and production-grade data pipelines.
  • •Expert-level SQL, including complex queries, optimization, and stored procedures.
  • •Hands-on Snowflake experience for data modeling, performance tuning, and cost management.
  • •Proficiency in Python for data processing, orchestration, and automation.
Experience:4-5 yearsData engineeringData warehousingETL/ELTData lakesSnowflake
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:OwnershipCross-functional collaborationMentorshipCommunicationBuilder mindset
Tech Stack:SQLSnowflakePythonETLELTCI/CDGitStored proceduresData modelingData governance

Company Brief

​Heidrick & Struggles
Global executive search and leadership consulting firm specializing in senior-level executive recruitment, board advisory, leadership assessment, and culture shaping services for multinational corporations across industries.
Industry: Recruitment Agencies
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Chicago, United States
Founded: 1953
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