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BI Data Engineer III

McLane Company

Temple, TX
Full Time
Senior
6 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Data Engineer III is a hybrid remote position at McLane Company, Inc, responsible for developing and maintaining data processing software, creating and optimizing data infrastructure, and designing data architecture and pipelines that adhere to ELT principles and business goals. The role involves leading complex data engineering projects, providing strategic guidance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support data-driven decision making within a company that values innovation, team member training, and a people-centered culture.

Key Responsibilities

  • Designs, develops, optimizes, and maintains data architecture and pipelines that adhere to ELT principles and business goals.
  • Solves complex data problems to deliver insights that help the business achieve its goals.
  • Architects and implements end-to-end data solutions.
  • Defines data engineering best practices and standards.
  • Mentors junior engineers and collaborates with cross-functional teams.
  • Creates data products for engineer, analyst, and data scientist team members to accelerate their productivity.
  • Engineers effective features for modeling in close collaboration with data scientists and businesses.
  • Leads the evaluation, implementation, and deployment of emerging tools and processes for analytics data engineering to improve productivity and quality.
  • Partners with machine learning engineers, BI, and solutions architects to develop technical architectures for strategic enterprise projects and initiatives.
  • Fosters a culture of sharing, re-use, design for scale, stability, and operational efficiency of data and analytical solutions.
  • Advises, consults, mentors, and coaches other data and analytic professionals on data standards and practices.
  • Develops and delivers communication and education plans on analytic data engineering capabilities, standards, and processes.
  • Understands machine learning, data science, computer vision, artificial intelligence, statistics, and/or applied mathematics as necessary to conduct role effectively.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, engineering, or a related field.
  • 7 plus years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
  • Deep understanding of distributed computing, data architecture, and scalability.
  • Strong critical thinking skills and ability to address big data challenges.
  • Leadership and project management abilities.
  • Proficiency in designing and maintaining data warehouses and/or data lakes with big data technologies such as Spark/Databricks, Redshift, and Snowflake.
  • Experience with building data pipelines and deploying/maintaining them following modern DE best practices (e.g., DBT, Airflow, Spark, Python OSS Data Ecosystem).
  • Proficiency in Software Engineering fundamentals and tooling (e.g., Git, CI/CD, JIRA) and familiarity with Linux and Bash/Z shell.
  • Proficiency with cloud database technologies (e.g., Azure) and developing solutions on cloud computing services.
  • Basic familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI, Looker).
  • Expertise in ELT and data analysis, primarily SQL.
  • Conceptual knowledge of data and analytics, such as dimensional modeling, reporting tools, data governance, and handling structured and unstructured data.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with data science, machine learning, computer vision, or artificial intelligence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
  • 7+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles.

Benefits & Perks

  • Life insurance, vision insurance, paid holidays, sick time, tuition reimbursement, 401(k), profit sharing.
  • Day 1 benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company-paid life insurance.
  • Paid holidays, vacation time, and sick leave accrual from day one.
  • Additional benefits such as pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, and tuition reimbursement.

Working at McLane Company

McLane Company emphasizes a future-oriented approach by embracing new technology, investing in team member training, and fostering a people-centered culture that values innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 18, 2025
Job CategoryData Engineering
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About McLane Company

Website

mclaneco.com

Location

Temple, TX

Industry

General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers

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