Senior Data Engineer

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

The Core Data team builds and scales a best‑in‑class data platform and analytics capabilities that power decision‑making across R\|V Tech. Within Core Data, the

Operational Insights

team focuses on

production environments

: we turn rich operational and quality signals into trusted data products and metrics that help improve business processes and performance.

As a Sr. Data Engineer, you will help build and operate the data foundation that powers analytics across programs and sites. You will design and maintain scalable ingestion pipelines, develop well-modeled datasets, and ensure data quality and reliability across critical systems.

This role sits at the intersection of operational systems, modern data platform engineering, and analytics enablement, helping convert raw operational signals into governed, high-value datasets that power analytics applications, core metrics, and future AI-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate data ingestion pipelines from operational, quality, test, and service systems into Databricks using Fivetran/AWS/Databricks and standardized ELT patterns.
• Develop and maintain dbt models for operational, quality, and ramp metrics, following our standard patterns for analytics.
• Set up and maintain data quality checks, audits, and monitoring for freshness, completeness, and contract compliance across key pipelines.
• Optimize Databricks jobs, Fivetran connectors, and dbt runs for performance, cost, and reliability, including orchestration, alerting, and runbooks.
• Collaborate with analytics engineers and product teams to turn models into high‑value data products powering analytics applications.
• Contribute to the semantic layer and catalog so GenAI agents and self‑service tools can reliably discover and query operational data.
• Drive improvements in upstream systems and schemas to reduce data issues at the source.

Qualifications

Required

• 6\+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Software Engineering working with production data systems.
• Strong expertise in SQL and Python for building scalable data pipelines and transformations.
• Hands-on experience building ELT pipelines using modern cloud data platforms (Databricks strongly preferred).
• Deep experience with dbt, including model development, testing, documentation, and CI/CD integration.
• Experience with managed ingestion tools such as Fivetran, Airbyte, or similar.
• Experience designing and operating production-grade data pipelines with monitoring and observability.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to partner with engineering teams, analysts, and operational stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience working with manufacturing, MES, quality, or operational data.
• Familiarity with Fivetran connector management and ingestion architecture.
• Experience with data contracts and schema governance.
• Experience building semantic layers or governed analytical datasets.
• Exposure to modern analytics tools (Hex, Tableau, Power BI, or similar).
• Experience enabling AI or advanced analytics use cases on top of operational data.
• Knowledge of streaming or near-real-time data pipelines.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range for Palo Alto applicants: $132,100 - $175,000 USD.

The posted salary represents the lowest and highest ranges RV Tech reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position. Any posted salary range pertains only to the estimated starting pay for the role. Actual starting pay is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, skillset, qualifications, specific competencies, relevant education, and location.

Total Rewards

Total compensation packages for this position include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition, our benefits package has been designed to support the health and wellness of our employees. Benefit offerings include Flex Time Off, retirement savings plans as well as medical, vision and dental coverage. For more information on RV Tech’s comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

External candidates can apply for this role through the RV Tech Careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board (https://internal-careers-rivian.icims.com/).

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].

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