Data Engineer (Contractor)

⚡️ Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

• Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
• More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
• We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

About the role: 

We are seeking a Data Engineer to develop and optimize scalable data pipelines and cloud-based storage solutions, supporting financial data processing and analytics. This role will focus on ETL development, database optimization, and performance monitoring, ensuring efficient data management.

 A day in the life of our Data Engineer:

Data Pipeline Development & Management
•    Build and maintain ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines that move data from various sources (databases, APIs, cloud storage) into centralized data warehouses or lakes.
•    Ensure pipelines are scalable, efficient, and fault-tolerant to handle large datasets.
Database & Data Warehouse Management
•    Design and optimize relational databases (SQL) to store structured and unstructured data.
•    Manage cloud-based storage solutions such as Snowflake 
Performance Optimization & Monitoring
•    Optimize query performance using indexing, caching, and partitioning strategies.
•    Monitor data pipelines
Work closely with finance team, analysts, and business teams to understand data needs and provide solutions.

Who We’re Looking For

Required: 
•    5+ years of experience in data engineering or data science, with a focus on financial data.
•    Strong expertise in SQL, with the ability to write simple queries efficiently.
•    Proficiency in Snowflake, with intermediate to expert-level experience in data warehousing and cloud-based data management.
•    Hands-on experience with ETL processes, including designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines.
•    Familiarity with DBT or a similar data modeling tool for transformation workflows.
•    Demonstrated experience in dashboard creation and data visualization, particularly using Tableau.
•    Experience working with project management and collaboration tools such as Confluence, JIRA, and Slack.
•    Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred: 
•    Knowledge of DataBricks as a data warehouse solution
•    Experience using Microsoft Power BI for data visualization in a financial or corporate setting.
•    Understanding of financial data structures and reporting needs.
•    Experience working in cross-functional teams supporting finance, accounting, or business intelligence functions.

The hourly rate for this role is $60-$69/hr.  Actual compensation packages within this range are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate and role requirements, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, certifications, and specific location.

Our Benefits

• 🏥 Healthcare coverage 
• 🤓 Prescription drug, vision, and dental plans
• 💸 HSA and FSA accounts
• ❤️ Life and AD&D insurance; disability coverage where applicable   
• 🌅 Retirement 401(k) Plan Option with Altium match
• 🧘 Calm App and Employee Assistance Program 
• 🏖 Paid holidays plus a “Choice Day” off per quarter       
• ✈️ Paid time-off rising schedule upon key milestones
• 🤒 Sick time for Dr. appointments or family health needs
• 👶 Family medical, maternity, paternity, and military leave
• 🏡 Flexible working arrangements available based on role and location
• 🖥 Home internet allowance
• 🥪 Free lunch, snacks and drinks every day in office
• 🚗 Free parking

🎯 What Matters to Us

• Big-thinking in pursuit of purpose
• Diversity of thought
• Courage of conviction
• Transparency of intent
• Ingenuity of AND
• Agility in action
• Adaptability of approach
• Grit in pursuit of mission

🌍 Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE 

✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits 

👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.