Data Engineer at Verndale LLC
$70,000–$85,000
Jul 9, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data engineering role within a digital agency's analytics practice, focused on designing and maintaining batch and streaming data pipelines, building cloud-based data architectures (lakes, warehouses, lakehouses), and integrating data platforms to support analytics, ML, and personalization use cases. The position involves client-facing work, mentoring junior engineers, and spans major cloud providers. It suits engineers with solid production pipeline experience who are comfortable in a consulting environment.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 900–3,250
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (11)
The title carries no seniority level; the title states no level. The 3–4+ years requirement and scope (mentoring junior engineers, client-facing consulting delivery) support a Mid-to-Senior boundary; the lower bound of 3 years and the relatively contained scope place this at Mid.
SOC classification is Medium-confidence. The role's primary work is designing and building data pipelines and data architectures (ETL/ELT, lakehouses, warehouses), which maps best to 15-1243 Database Architects. However, the heavy coding emphasis (Python/Spark/Scala, streaming, CI/CD) makes 15-1252 Software Developers a credible runner-up.
SQL, Python, Java/Scala are listed as alternatives in the Qualifications section ('strong proficiency in SQL, Python, or Java/Scala'); one of these is a hard gate. They are emitted as a single requirement with alternatives rather than separate skills.
Similarly, Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift/Databricks/Synapse are listed as interchangeable modern data platform options — emitted as one skill with alternatives.
Kafka/Kinesis/Pub/Sub are listed as streaming technology alternatives — emitted as one skill.
Airflow/Prefect/Azure Data Factory are listed as interchangeable orchestration tools — emitted as one skill.
AWS/Azure/GCP are listed as interchangeable cloud platforms — emitted as one skill.
dbt appears in both the Responsibilities section (as a workflow tool example) and the Nice to Have section. Because it is listed under Nice to Have alongside Fivetran and Matillion, it is treated as preferred.
The compensation section references an RRSP savings plan, suggesting some employees may be Canada-based (Verndale has a Montreal office), but the caller has declared this a fully-remote US role; the US-based flag of true and no metro is set.
No specific salary figures are disclosed despite the posting referencing a 'salary range provided in accordance with applicable law' — no compensation numbers appear in the text.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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