7+ years in data engineering/analytics engineering with production pipeline ownership Experience owning and stabilizing production data platforms Strong grasp of modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake), orchestration (Airflow), and transformation frameworks (dbt) Competence with data integration (ELT/ETL), APIs, cloud storage, and SQL performance tuning Practical data reliability experience: observability, lineage, testing, and change management Demonstrated client-facing experience and outstanding written/verbal communication