Software Engineer III - Data Engineering

Overview

Own the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of assigned services or feature areas within the professional discipline. Deliver operational targets with significant impact on departmental results, resolve difficult problems through detailed analysis, and communicate technical information to ensure understanding across partner teams.

The role reports to our Store Support Office in Phoenix, AZ, with a hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office presence Tuesday through Thursday.Overview of Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, operation, and continuous improvement of assigned data domains, pipelines, and data products.
• Conduct detailed analysis and investigation to resolve difficult data engineering problems involving related systems or disciplines.
• Build batch and streaming pipelines and implement stable data contracts, quality controls, lineage, and observability.
• Explain technical designs and recommended changes to engineering and data consumers and ensure shared understanding.
• Provide technical guidance and training to associate and intermediate engineers; may delegate work and review work products.
• Operate assigned data products independently and seek leadership guidance for broader architectural or governance decisions.

QualificationsKnowledge Skills & Abilities

• 5+ years of data engineering experience.
• Experience with Spark, Flink, Airflow, dbt, Kafka, lakehouse formats, data quality, and observability.
• Experience with SQL and Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with adjacent technical disciplines relevant to the assigned engineering area.
• Experience with ingestion of external APIs, and embeddngs/pgvector.
• Track record of providing training or technical guidance to other employees.

Core Competencies

• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Driving for Results
• Positive Approach

Benefits

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include:

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year full of prizes, food and fun!