Data Engineer III

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The Data Engineer’s role at Indeed is to integrate data from a variety of internal and external sources into common data mesh domain models in order to support data and analytics activities across Indeed’s global business functions. This is a technical role that involves designing and implementing changes to the data lake data model and building scalable, efficient, and reliable processes to populate, transform, and maintain data lake data. You will apply advanced data processing and data modeling expertise in a "big data" environment, contributing to architectural decisions, improving engineering practices, and developing trusted, high-quality data pipelines. This work directly contributes to our mission of helping people get jobs by providing insight into the global job market and supporting product innovation that makes it easier for job seekers and employers to find each other.

Who you are

• Designing and implementing reliable, scalable, and efficient data pipelines (ETLs) to integrate data from a variety of sources into Indeed’s data lake and cloud data warehouse
• Designing, implementing, and optimizing data models and data transformations that align with warehouse standards and support evolving business needs across cloud-based, distributed data processing systems
• Developing and maintaining code-based data pipelines capable of handling millions of events per day while improving the performance, reliability, and maintainability of data pipelines and data infrastructure
• Analyzing and resolving system performance issues through query tuning, data model revisions, and other optimization techniques, while implementing automated testing to help enforce data quality standards
• Leading or contributing to continuous improvements in development standards, processes, tooling, and AI-assisted development practices to improve code quality, development velocity, and documentation
• Collaborating with engineering, product leadership, partner teams, and vendors to define project scope, evaluate technologies, and provide technical guidance for data solutions
• Providing documentation, technical guidance, training, and consulting for data warehouse users

Who we are

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree, and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of experience; or a PhD without experience
• Experience using AI-powered development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar) to accelerate code development, debugging, and documentation
• Extensive experience working with relational, SQL, and NoSQL databases
• Expertise in workflow orchestration and pipeline tools such as Airflow
• Expert-level understanding of data pipeline fundamentals, including performance tuning and large-scale data processing
• Deep understanding of data modeling fundamentals, including designing scalable analytical data models
• Experience improving data quality, reliability, and performance through automation and engineering best practices

Our mission

As the world’s number 1 job site*, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.

(*Comscore, Total Visits, March 2026)

Salary Range Disclaimer

The salary range for this role reflects the minimum and maximum compensation for the role. Offers are typically made between the range minimum and the range midpoint. Actual compensation will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process. The range(s) listed is just one component of Indeed's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include quarterly bonuses, Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), a Paid Time Off policy, and many region-specific benefits. Compensation may also vary based on where a role is performed, as work locations are grouped into geographic pay tiers to reflect cost of labor differences in different geographic markets. Candidates can view geographic pay tiers by location on our career site (https://www.indeed.com/careers/paytiers), and recruiters can confirm how location is considered for a specific role.

Salary Range Transparency

Tier 1 - United States of America 119,000 - 179,000 USD per yearTier 2 - United States of America 133,000 - 199,000 USD per year

Tier 3 - United States of America 146,000 - 218,000 USD per year

Tier 4 - United States of America N/A

Tier 5 - United States of America 166,000 - 250,000 USD per year

EEO and Accommodations

Indeed is deeply committed to building a workplace and global community where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, seeking to create a welcoming and diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neuro-diversity, disability, age, or veteran status, or any other non-merit based or legally protected grounds.

Indeed provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To request an accommodation, please visit https://www.indeed.com/careers/accommodations. If you are requesting accommodation for an interview, please reach out at least one week in advance of your interview.

For more information about our commitment to equal opportunity/affirmative action, please visit our Careers page (https://www.indeed.com/careers).

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Agency Disclaimer

Indeed does not pay placement fees for unsolicited resumes or referrals from non-candidates, including search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies (each individually, an "Agency"), subject to local laws. An Agency seeking a placement fee must obtain advance written approval from Indeed's internal Talent Acquisition team and execute a fee agreement with Indeed for each job opening before making a referral or submitting a resume for that opening.AI Notice

Indeed is committed to ensuring fairness and transparency throughout our hiring process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the screening, assessment, and selection of applicants for this position by analyzing information provided in resumes and applications. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making. 

Unless otherwise notified, Indeed does not use AI constituting an AEDT or an ADMT as those tools are defined in applicable laws. 

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• The deadline to apply to this position is 9/08/2026. Job postings may be extended at the hiring team’s discretion based on applicant volume.