Senior Data Engineer

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Position Summary

The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize large‑scale data solutions to support analytics, reporting, and investment decision‑making within Investment Management. This role requires deep expertise in modern data engineering, distributed data processing, and cloud‑native development. The engineer will work extensively with Databricks, PySpark, SQL, Snowflake, and Python, while leveraging Azure services and GenAI tools such as Cortex AI and GitHub Copilot to accelerate development and automation.

This position is ideal for a highly experienced engineer with strong technical expertise, who can drive best practices and deliver scalable, high‑quality data products.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize large‑scale data pipelines and ETL workflows within the Databricks platform.

• Develop and maintain complex data models and transformation logic using PySpark, Python, and SQL.

• Build reusable, modular data engineering components and enforce best practices for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

• Apply GenAI tools (GitHub Copilot, Snowflake Cortex AI) to improve development velocity and code quality.

• Ensure strong data governance, lineage, observability, and security across all pipelines and platforms.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Provide technical expertise and mentor junior engineers in data engineering best practices.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies and drive continuous improvement across the engineering lifecycle.

Requirements & Qualifications

• 5-7 years of hands‑on experience in data engineering with strong coding skills.

• Proven experience with Databricks, including PySpark development, notebooks, Delta Lake & Lakehouse architecture, jobs/workflows/cluster management.

• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for building scalable, distributed data pipelines and Snowflake as a data warehouse.

• Strong understanding of data lake architectures, medallion patterns, and cloud‑native data engineering.

• Familiarity with GenAI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cortex AI) to accelerate development.

• Experience designing and integrating API‑driven data ingestion.

• Advanced understanding of dimensional modeling, data warehousing, and distributed systems.

• Excellent problem‑solving skills and ability to operate in a fast‑paced environment.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with LLMs, NLP, or GenAI‑driven data workflows.

• Experience with DBT.

• Experience with data quality and observability frameworks such as SODA, Great Expectations, or DBT tests.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

• Certifications in Azure Data Engineering, Databricks, or Snowflake are a plus.

• Experience in Investment Management or Financial Services preferred.

Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$125,980 - $157,470 USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

Learn more about Critical Skills

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.

Reasonable Accommodations

Voya is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Voya will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please reference resources for applicants with disabilities.

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