Company
Cox Automotive - USA
Engineering / Product Development
Data Engineer II
Individual Contributor
Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week
Yes, 5% of the time
Day
Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $89,400.00 - $134,000.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Job Description
Our Data & Analytics team partners closely with business stakeholders to deliver trusted data, analytics, and insights that support operational and strategic decision-making. We design, build, and maintain a modern cloud-based data platform that serves as the foundation for reporting, analytics, data products, and AI-driven solutions across our business.
As a Data Engineer II, you will play a key role in advancing our data ecosystem by designing, building, and optimizing scalable data solutions that transform raw data into trusted, analytics-ready assets. You will partner with engineers, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver data products that drive business outcomes while helping evolve our data platform and engineering practices.
In this role, you will operate with a high degree of independence, owning solutions from design through implementation and support. You'll leverage modern cloud technologies, AI-assisted development tools, and engineering best practices to improve how data is delivered, governed, and consumed across the organization.
What You'll Do
- Design and deliver scalable data pipelines and integration solutions that provide trusted, accessible data for analytics, reporting, and business decision-making.
- Build and enhance enterprise data models and warehouse solutions that support reporting, self-service analytics, and emerging AI use cases.
- Partner with business stakeholders, analysts, and technical teams to transform business requirements into reliable, maintainable data products.
- Improve platform performance, reliability, observability, and operational efficiency through continuous optimization and automation.
- Lead technical problem-solving efforts, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex data issues.
- Contribute to engineering excellence through code reviews, technical design discussions, documentation, and adoption of best practices.
- Mentor and support other engineers while helping evaluate new technologies and approaches that improve data delivery capabilities.
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Analytics, or a related technical field, and 2+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, analytics engineering, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven experience supporting data warehouse or data-focused projects involving ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) processes, including data extraction, transformation, cleansing, mapping, and migration activities.
- Experience designing, developing, and supporting production data pipelines and data integration solutions.
- Experience writing and optimizing SQL for data transformation, integration, and analytics workloads.
- Experience working with cloud-based data, analytics, or software platforms.
- Experience using source control and collaborative software development practices.
- Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.
- Availability for rotational on-call duties outside of standard business hours may be required.
Preferred
- Experience with modern data warehousing, dimensional modeling, Data Vault, or similar data architecture methodologies.
- Experience with Snowflake, dbt, Microsoft Fabric, Azure, AWS, or related cloud data technologies.
- Experience developing data products, semantic models, or self-service analytics solutions.
- Experience with Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting and automation technologies.
- Relevant certifications in Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, or related technologies.
To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
EOE, including disability/vets
Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.
