Senior Data Engineer

Cox Automotive is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize scalable data platforms powering products across brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Manheim. You will architect batch and real-time pipelines, model and transform large datasets, and ensure reliability, quality, and performance for analytics and machine learning use cases. Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, compliant solutions that support automotive retail and mobility. Join a people-first, inclusive culture that values innovation, growth, and community impact.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines
• Develop robust data models to support analytics and machine learning workloads
• Optimize data systems for performance, reliability, security, and cost efficiency
• Implement data quality, lineage, and monitoring capabilities
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product teams to deliver data solutions
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and governance standards
• Automate deployment and operations using CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve production data pipeline and platform issues
• Contribute to technical standards, best practices, and documentation
• Mentor junior engineers and support a culture of continuous improvement

Required Skills

• Data engineering
• ETL/ELT development
• Data modeling
• SQLPython or Scala
• Cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Stream processing (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming)
• Data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, Big
• Query)
• CI/CD and data pipeline automation
• Data quality and monitoring