Gallup

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SeniorDataEngineer

$230–280k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Data Engineer at Gallup. Skills: Data Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence. Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines. Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve data accessibility; Enhance data quality; Drive data-informed decisions; Deliver reliable data solutions

Industry & Context.

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Problems you'll solve

Analytical thinking; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Data-driven decision making

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience in data engineering, Proficiency in SQL, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field

Nice to Have

Master's degree or PhD, Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Experience with ML frameworks (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch), Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker), Experience with data warehousing solutions (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift), Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster), Experience with CI/CD practices, Experience with data modeling techniques, Experience with distributed computing frameworks (Spark, Hadoop)

What You'll Do.

and maintain scalable data pipelines

Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes

Build and manage data warehouses and data lakes

Implement and maintain data models

Develop and deploy machine learning models

Create and maintain business intelligence dashboards and reports

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data requirements

Ensure data quality and integrity

Monitor and troubleshoot data systems

Optimize data infrastructure for performance and cost

Stay up-to-date with emerging data technologies

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Data scientists; Analysts; Software engineers; Product managers; Business stakeholders

Communication Scope

Technical presentations; Data storytelling; Stakeholder communication

Process & Methodology

Agile methodologies, Scrum, Project planning, Task prioritization

Full Job Description

Build the data foundation that powers Gallup’s products, analytics and AI innovation. As a senior data engineer at Gallup, you’ll design and build the production data systems that enable high-quality, analytics-ready data across our product and research teams. You’ll translate architectural vision into scalable pipelines, resilient data models and reliable operational workflows, helping Gallup modernize legacy systems and accelerate our AI ambitions. What You’ll Do Design and implement reliable, scalable data pipelines that ingest, process and serve structured and unstructured data across Gallup Build transformation pipelines that convert raw data into high-quality datasets for analytics and experimentation Implement layered data models (raw → curated → semantic) to support analytics, experimentation and AI/ML workflows, with attention to reproducibility and data lineage Translate architectural patterns into production-grade pipelines, models and infrastructure Design systems for reliability, scalability and maintainability in complex, evolving environments Implement monitoring, alerting and automated data quality checks to improve reliability and observability Support incident response, root cause analysis and operational improvements Establish and contribute to standards for data modeling, pipeline design and operational workflows Work closely with product managers, analysts, data scientists and software engineers to understand data needs and build scalable solutions Help teams transition from manual and legacy workflows to automated, modern data systems Mentor engineers through code reviews and architectural discussions What Makes You Stand Out Execution excellence: You have built and operated production data systems and understand the realities of running pipelines reliably at scale. Practical problem solver: You bring sound engineering judgment to incomplete documentation, legacy workflows and evolving requirements. You make thoughtful tradeoffs and sequence wo

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