Senior Data Engineer at WhiteWater Express Car Wash
Houston, TX
$90,000–$120,000
Aug 10, 2026
Houston, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Data Engineer role at a multi-location car wash chain, responsible for designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouse solutions, and integrations across business systems. The position owns data infrastructure end-to-end — from Snowflake/MySQL/SQL Server optimization to workflow orchestration and governance — and collaborates closely with analysts and business leaders to improve reporting and data accessibility. Suited to a hands-on engineer comfortable with both data platform work and backend development.
Senior level · 8+ years · Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8 people in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 3–15
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $142,159 (middle half $122,005–$172,951).
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role blends data engineering (pipelines, warehousing, orchestration) with backend software development (PHP, Node.js, C#, Laravel/Express.js/WordPress), making it a genuine hybrid between 15-1243 Database Architects and 15-1252 Software Developers. 15-1243 was chosen because the primary framing and key responsibilities center on data infrastructure, pipelines, and warehouse design.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience,' meaning equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree — degree requirement is therefore treated as not hard-required.
Laravel, Express.js, and WordPress are listed together as interchangeable framework examples under the same requirement; they are grouped as alternatives accordingly.
AWS, GCP, Azure, and DigitalOcean are listed together as interchangeable cloud platform options; they are grouped as alternatives accordingly.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
The posting explicitly states the role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and requires the candidate to live in the Houston, TX area — fully on-site.
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