Senior Staff Data Engineer Jobs in Houston, TX

At NAVEX, we’re transforming the world—making it safer, more ethical, and ensuring every voice is heard. That’s real impact.

Our high-performance culture is driven by our values. We move with speed, passion and purpose — as one team. We are bold in our ideas, accountable in our actions, and committed to doing the right things right.
You will join our Product Engineering team that shares a passion for writing great code, embracing new technologies and delivering powerful products within our integrated risk and compliance management platform that helps our customers protect their reputation and bottom line.

As a Data Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will influence technical designs and implement our new data platform. You will focus on quality implementation while guiding the other data engineers. You will help us build a data platform that will ingest other teams’ content and then provide application specific data sets. We are looking for a candidate who is strong in data engineering. In this role, you will have ample opportunity to explore new value-added capabilities, invest in data development and tool research, mentor software developers and grow your career all while balancing your life priorities.

You’ll thrive in this hybrid role surrounded by an engaged, collaborative team deeply committed to your success. Join us and help shape what’s next!

What you’ll get:

• Meaningful Purpose. Your work helps organizations operate with integrity and protect their people—at a scale few companies can match.
• High-Performance Environment. We move with urgency, set ambitious goals, and expect excellence. You’ll be trusted with real ownership and supported to do the best work of your career.
• Candid, Supportive Culture. We communicate openly, challenge ideas—not people—and value teammates who embrace bold thinking and continuous improvement.
• Growth That Matters. You can count on authentic feedback, strong accountability, and leaders invested in your success so you can achieve real growth.
• Rewards for Results. We provide clear, competitive compensation designed to recognize measurable outcomes and real impact.

What you’ll do:

• Work with a team of data engineers and be accountable for designs and high-quality deliveries as an individual contributor
• Help team members grow by mentoring newer engineers
• Participate in the innovative advancements of our product platform and collaborate with our awesome agile team members
• Promote opportunities for refactoring and identify areas of optimization
• Research and leverage commercial products, libraries, and tools that can be used to solve problems
• Participate in design sessions with other engineers, architects, and product managers, providing constructive and honest feedback during sprint retrospectives with a team mindset
• Use automation, including continuous integration, automated deployments, and automated unit and functional testing

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years of experience in software development, with more than 6 years of specialized expertise in data engineering
• Expert knowledge of data management and pipeline systems, practices, and standards
• Expert analytical and design skills, including the ability to abstract information requirements from real-world processes to understand information flows in computer systems
• Expertise in the fields of data transformations (ELT, ETL), data quality, data cleansing, and data profiling using dbt Labs’ DBT
• Expertise in Data Cataloging and Master Data Management concepts
• Expertise in data warehouse platforms such as Snowflake, AWS Redshift is a plus
• Experience with SQL profiling, performance tuning, and data ingestion into Data Warehouses
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to identify and influence others on the best solution
• Culture Agility. Comfort working in a fast-paced, candid environment that values innovation, healthy debate, and follow-through
• AI Readiness. Curiosity and willingness to use AI and emerging technologies to elevate your work and deliver smarter outcomes
• Fuel performance and outcomes. Leverage your job competencies and champion NAVEX’s core values

Our side of the deal:

• We’ll be clear, we’ll move fast, and we’ll invest in your success. You deserve to be supported, challenged, and rewarded for the impact you make—and we commit to doing that every step of the way.
• The starting pay for this role is $125,000 per annum with a 5% MBO. Discover how you can grow, lead, and make an impact by visiting our career page to learn more. NAVEX is an equal opportunity employer committed to including individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities and veteran status.