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Data Engineer - Mid Level

USAA

Charlotte, NCFull-time$103–198K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$103–198K/yr
Location
Charlotte, NC
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The mid-level Data Engineer works across the data management lifecycle, developing and maintaining technical systems for reporting and data solutions. The role partners with business stakeholders to align solutions with objectives and handles data engineering work from analysis and design through deployment and production support. It also contributes to technical reviews, prototypes, data platforms, engineering standards, and the onboarding and mentoring of other engineers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SQLRelational DatabasesAgile MethodologyAnalytical SkillsProblem-SolvingCloud TechnologiesSnowflakeDBTKafkaAPIsPythonData ModelingFivetranGitVersion Control

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent4 Years Data Engineering or Related Experience1 Year Data Engineering or Management Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Plano Legacy

Charlotte, NC - CENTS

San Antonio Home Office I

Phoenix Campus (Main)

Full time

R0121997

Why USAA?

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful.

We are proud to support active-duty military spouses. USAA roles may offer remote or hybrid flexibility for active-duty military spouses consistent with applicable policy and business needs.

The Opportunity

As a dedicated Data Engineer – Mid Level , you will be engaged in all phases of the data management lifecycle. This includes gathering and analyzing requirements, collecting, processing, storing, securing, and archiving data. You will develop and maintain technical systems for data reporting and technical solutions utilizing emerging technologies. You will partner with the business to ensure data management solutions aligned to business objectives.

What you will do:

  • Independently conducts work on the full life cycle of data engineering to include analysis, solution design, data pipeline engineering, testing, deployment, scheduling, and production support.

  • Designs and implements complex technical solutions for data engineering and analytic systems.

  • Identifies and solves significant technical problems and architecture deficiencies to include design, security, and performance.

  • Collaborates on design reviews by providing feedback on trends and makes recommendations for solutions.

  • Breaks down business features and into technical stories and approaches.

  • Influences stakeholders in technical adoption for best solutions.

  • Creates proof of concepts and prototypes that drive the vision and the outcome for complex initiatives to be delivered.

  • Collaborates with the team and other engineers on new technologies and alternatives to plan and execute complex assignments and tasks.

  • Helps on-board entry level engineers. May begin mentoring junior engineers.

  • Acquires data from multiple data sources and maintains resulting databases, data warehouses, and/or data lakes.

  • Assists to develop, maintain, and enforce the company's data development tools and standards.

  • Conducts code reviews on a regular basis to improve quality and ensure compliance.

  • Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

What you will have:

  • Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of relevant education and/or experience. :

  • 4 years of data engineering, data analysis or software development experience implementing data solutions with at least 1 year of data engineering or data management experience.

  • Extensive knowledge and working experience in SQL and Relational Databases.

  • Understands the Agile methodology practice.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Proficient in working in Cloud technologies and tools.

What sets you apart:

  • Snowflake

  • DBT

  • SQL

  • Kafka

  • APIs

  • Python

  • Data Modeling

  • Fivetran

  • Git/version control

Compensation range: The salary range for this position is: $103,450 - $197,730

USAA does not provide visa sponsorship for this role. Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation: USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. The actual salary for this role may vary by location.

Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

Benefits: At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.

For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. Thus, interested candidates are encouraged to apply the same day they view this posting.

USAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an existing USAA employee, please use the internal career site in OneSource to apply.

Please do not type your first and last name in all caps.

Find your purpose. Join our mission.

USAA is unlike any other financial services organization. The mission of the association is to facilitate the financial security of its members, associates and their families through provision of a full range of highly competitive financial products and services; in so doing, USAA seeks to be the provider of choice for the military community. We do this by upholding the highest standards and ensuring that our corporate business activities and individual employee conduct reflect good judgment and common sense, and are consistent with our core values of service, loyalty, honesty and integrity.

USAA attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource: our 35,000 employees. They are the heart and soul of our member-service culture. When you join us, you'll become part of a thriving community committed to going above for those who have gone beyond: the men and women of the U.S. military, their associates and their families. In order to play a role on our team, you don't have to be connected to the military yourself – you just need to share our passion for serving our more than 13 million members.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

California applicants, please review our HR CCPA - Notice at Collection (https://statmcstg.usaa.com/mcontent/static\_assets/Media/enterprise\_hr\_cpra\_notice\_at\_collection.pdf) here.

USAA is an EEO/AA Employer - applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,783 open Data Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$103–198K/yr
  • North Carolina median$116–207K/yr130 salary ranges
  • US median$125–208K/yr4,401 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $151K, is 5% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($159K) — in the middle half of Data Engineer salary ranges in North Carolina.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 184 open Data Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 5,783 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in North Carolina
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Data Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (5,007 postings).
Education
2,683 of the 5,783 open Data Engineer jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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