[Remote] Senior Data Engineer - Forward Deployed

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Andela is a global talent marketplace that connects customers with remote technical talent. In the Senior Data Engineer role, you will work with an enterprise-scale organization in the automotive industry to enhance their data infrastructure and analytics capabilities, focusing on delivering actionable insights and ensuring data reliability.ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain Snowflake data pipelines for Dealer 360 and Aftermarket workstreams respectivelyDesign and implement the dealer and aftermarket feature stores (Layer 1–2)Build ingestion pipelines for all external data sources (JD Power, PIN, S&P, Vehicle Registration, competitive scraping + 2 TBC)Write and maintain dbt models for data transformation, cleaning, and normalisationEnforce schema validation, data quality checks, and freshness SLAs across all feedsCollaborate with the Data Architect to implement the unified data modelProduce documented data lineage for every pipeline before any model is trained against itSkills8+ years in data engineering on cloud platformsSnowflake — data modelling, query optimisation, staging environmentsPython — pandas, PySpark, data pipeline scriptingExperience building feature stores for ML consumptionStrong understanding of schema design and dimensional modellingExperience in automotive, retail, or dealer network dataFamiliarity with CRM data structures (for Aftermarket hire)Azure — Data Factory, Blob Storage, or SynapseApache Airflow or similar orchestration toolingAzure DevOps for pipeline CI/CDCompany OverviewAndela is a global tech talent platform that connects companies with vetted, remote engineers in emerging markets. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://andela.com.Company H1B SponsorshipAndela has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025, 2 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.