Data Engineer
- Job Title: Data Engineer
- Work Location: Fully remote position, home office
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Employment Status: Exempt, salaried
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- Must reside in the United States.
- We are not accepting applicants for remote workers in California, Illinois, and New York at this time.
- $84,299 - $117,636, depending on years of experience
Role Overview:
We’re looking for a skilled and innovative Data Engineer to join our team and help shape the future of how we use data to drive real operational outcomes. In this role, you’ll design and maintain scalable data pipelines, prepare and serve high-quality datasets, and partner with our data science team to support their AI/ML workflows. If you have strong data engineering fundamentals and enjoy research and development, Cutsforth is the organization for you.Key Responsibilities:
- Regularly design, develop, and maintain data pipelines that support operational, analytical, and machine learning workloads
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented Python code for data processing and automation tasks
- Support the integration and monitoring of AI/ML models in production by delivering reliable, well-structured data pipelines
- Communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders across teams
- Participate in cross-functional meetings and planning sessions to align data engineering efforts with broader business goals
- Stay current with advancements in data engineering tools, techniques, and industry-specific applications, particularly within power, oil, and gas environments
- Document processes, data models, and systems in a way that supports knowledge sharing and team continuity
- 2-5 years of experience in data engineering, data science, or a related technical role
- Experience with AI/ML workflows and the data needs of model development, including supporting model deployment in production environments
- 1-4 years of hands-on experience with Databricks for building and managing data pipelines
- 1-2 years of hands-on experience with Apache Spark for distributed data processing
- 1-3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure; equivalent experience with AWS or GCP may substitute
- Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering pipelines
- Strong proficiency in SQL for querying, transforming, and validating large datasets
- Experience with Git and standard version control workflows, including branching, pull requests, and code review
- Experience designing and managing end-to-end data pipelines (data ingestion to transformation to validation to serving)
- Strong data system design skills, including data modeling and architecting scalable, reliable, and maintainable data systems
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
- Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline
- Experience working with machine health datasets and/or condition monitoring applications
- Background in the power, oil, or gas industry - understanding of operational data, equipment telemetry, or industrial IoT environments is a strong plus
- Experience with workflow orchestration tools
- Successfully pass background check for cybersecurity site access
- Design and implement Bronze, Silver, and Gold layer pipelines to ingest, transform, and serve structured and semi-structured data
- Prepare, transform, and serve datasets that support the data science team’s work in predictive analytics, anomaly detection, and operational optimization
- Collaborate across engineering, operations, and product teams to understand data needs and translate them into scalable technical solutions
- Operationalize and monitor the data workflows that feed deployed models, ensuring reliability and continuous improvement
- Champion data quality, governance, and best practices across the data ecosystem
- Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of emerging data engineering tools, frameworks, and methodologies
- Candidate will be responsible for reviewing policies and procedures related to cybersecurity and those relevant to the functions of their role.
- Candidate is expected to maintain a cybersecure work environment.
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Vision, Dental Insurance
- Health Savings Account with Employer contributions
- 401(k) with Employer match
- Short-term & Long-term Disability Coverage
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage
- Life Insurance Coverage
- Eight paid holidays per year
- All other benefits required by applicable law
Alignment with Corporate Values
All Cutsforth employees are expected to perform their work in a manner that exhibits understanding and adherence to the Company Mission and Core Attributes of Cutsforth Employees. Employees in management roles must exhibit continual improvement along Cutsforth’s Leadership Traits. Further, each employee must read and adhere to corporate policies and safety protocols.
- Learn more about Cutsforth here: Cutsforth.com/About
- Read our Mission & Values here: Cutsforth.com/Values
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Cutsforth will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Cutsforth will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to the following: Employment, upgrading, demotion, or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. Cutsforth agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause.
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