Senior Data Engineer
$185k - $200k USD
UTA seeks a Senior Data Engineer to architect and elevate the modern data platforms that fuel business intelligence, advanced analytics, and real-time decision-making across the organization. In this highly visible, hands-on role, you’ll tackle complex data challenges, design and scale robust pipelines, and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to transform raw data into powerful, actionable insights that drive the business forward.
The salary range for this role is $185,000 to $200,000 commensurate with experience and skills.
What You Will Do
Data Architecture & Engineering Leadership
Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and high-performing data warehouse and analytics solutions (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks) that consolidate data from diverse business domains and sources into a single, trusted environment
Build, optimize, and support ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration frameworks to pull data from multiple systems and data types into unified models that power reporting, analytics, and machine learning workflows
Contribute to the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure, ensuring reliable deployments and monitoring.
Support batch and near-real-time data processing patterns as the data ecosystem evolves.
Collaboration & Strategy
Partner with stakeholders across engineering, product, analytics, and machine learning to translate business requirements into well-designed data solutions.
Participate in cross-functional initiatives and contribute technical expertise to data platform strategy and roadmap discussions.
Work closely with analytics and BI teams to ensure data is reliable, well-modeled, and easy to consume.
Quality, Reliability & Operations
Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across pipelines and platforms.
Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for data-related issues.
Apply best practices for performance tuning, cost optimization, and scalability in cloud environments.
Mentorship & Best Practices
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team standards around clean code, documentations, and data engineering best practices
Promote a culture of operational excellence, testing, and continuous improvement
What You Will Need
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
6+ years of engineering experience, with 3–5+ years focused on data engineering, analytics platforms, or big data systems.
Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python; experience with Spark or distributed data processing is a plus.
Strong experience with modern data warehouses and data lake platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, Delta Lake).
Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as dbt, Apache Airflow, or similar orchestration frameworks.
Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, partitioning strategies, and performance optimization.
Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and an understanding of security and compliance best practices.
Familiarity with BI and visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI).
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
What You Will Get
The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
The opportunity to do the best work of your career
Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
Competitive programs to support your well-being
Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow
About UTA
UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world's most iconic, barrier-breaking artists, creators and changemakers—from actors, athletes and musicians to writers, gamers, and digital influencers. One of the most influential companies in global entertainment, UTA's business spans talent representation, content production, as well as strategic advisory and marketing work with some of the world's biggest brands. Affiliated companies include Digital Brand Architects, KLUTCH Sports Group, Curtis Brown Group, and MediaLink. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York, and London.
For more information: https://www.unitedtalent.com/about/
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.