Data Engineer

Data Engineer role in Pittsburgh, PA (onsite) at Wolfe, LLC, offering a salary range of $75,000 to $85,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers within a lakehouse architecture
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT processes using AWS services (Glue, S3, Athena, etc.)
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across all stages of the data lifecycle
• Implement and enforce data governance standards, including cataloging, lineage, and access controls
• Collaborate with analytics, product, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality data products
• Support and enable AI/ML and Agentic AI workflows by providing clean, well-structured, and accessible datasets
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipeline performance and failures
• Contribute to architectural decisions and continuous improvement of the data platform

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering or related field
• Hands-on experience with AWS data services (Glue, S3, Athena, IAM, Lake Formation preferred)
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for data transformation and pipeline development
• Understanding of data governance concepts including cataloging, lineage, and access control
• Familiarity or interest in AI/ML workflows, with exposure to Agentic AI concepts considered a strong plus

Technologies

• Python
• SQL
• AWS Glue
• Amazon S3
• Amazon Athena
• IAM
• Lake Formation

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Profit Share and/or Incentive Bonus
• Medical, Prescription, Vision, and Dental insurance for employees and dependents (Wolfe pays 80% of premium)
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Wolfe pays 100% of premium)
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• PTO (vacation and sick time)
• Corporate Holidays and Floating Holidays
• 401(k)
• Employee recognition program
• Charitable Donation to a charity of your choice yearly
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Internal Training and Information sessions
• Family Picnic, Holiday Party, and other outings
• Internal Culture Club

Impact Statement

• Successfully onboard and take ownership of key data pipelines within the medallion architecture
• Deliver measurable improvements in pipeline performance, reliability, or cost efficiency
• Implement or enhance at least one data governance capability (e.g., lineage tracking, tagging, or access controls)
• Contribute to enabling at least one AI/analytics use case by delivering clean, production-ready datasets

About Wolfe, LLC

Wolfe, LLC is a Pittsburgh-based company founded in 1996 and a pioneer in e-commerce and the gifting industry. Guided by a vision to move humanity to express love for each other through personalized, faster, beautiful, secure, and flexible gift giving, the organization emphasizes teamwork, drive, integrity, caring, and excellence. Wolfe has earned multiple recognitions, including a 2023 Inc. 5000 ranking (no. 382), the 2022 Fastest 50 Growing Companies award from the Pittsburgh Business Times, and honors such as Best Places to Work (2020) and the Carnegie Science Award (2019), among others.