✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Senior Data Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 Wilmington, DE Unknown 💰 $147K – $167K USD / year Posted March 17, 2026
Salary $147K – $167K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 3+ years
Education Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field
Category Data & Analytics

This role involves developing and maintaining data solutions using big data tools, cloud platforms, and programming languages. The engineer will work on data processing, streaming, and warehousing projects in a collaborative environment.

  • Developing data pipelines
  • Supporting cloud data solutions
  • Enhancing real-time streaming
  • Mentoring team members
  • Optimizing data warehouses

The technical environment includes Java, Scala, Python, Snowflake, Redshift, AWS, Azure, GCP, Hadoop, Kafka, with a focus on cloud data warehousing, microservices, and machine learning.

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with 3+ years of experience in application development, big data technologies, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP. They are collaborative, skilled in programming languages such as Java, Scala, and Python, and experienced with microservices and machine learning.

Bachelor's Degreeat least 3 years of application development experienceat least 1 year of big data technologies experience
5+ years of application development2+ years with public cloud3+ years with distributed data tools2+ years working on real-time data2+ years with NoSQL2+ years data warehousing3+ years with UNIX/Linux2+ years Agile practices
JIRAConfluenceTableauSnowflakeRedshiftHadoopKafkaGurobiMySQL
JavaScalaPythonSnowflakeRedshiftAWSAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloudbig datamicroservicesmachine learningfull stack developmentunit testingAgile
JavaScalaPythonOpen Source RDBMSNoSQL databasesRedshiftSnowflakeAWSAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudDistributed microservicesMachine learningFull stack developmentUnit testingAgile
collaborativeproblem-solvingmentoringcommunicationteamworklearning agility
Industry Finance/Banking
Job Function Building and supporting large-scale data processing and warehousing solutions
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Snowflake, Redshift, Hadoop, Kafka
Clearance Required None
Visa Sponsorship No
JavaScalaPythonSnowflakeRedshiftAWSAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloudbig datadistributed microservicesmachine learningfull stack developmentunit testingAgilemicroservices

Lack of experience with big data or cloud platforms, No programming skills in Java, Scala, or Python, Bachelor's degree not held, Less than 1 year of relevant experience

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