Data Engineer

*Overview* W.S. Darley & Co is seeking a *Data Engineer* to join our Team! The Data Engineer is responsible for turning business data into a trusted foundation for better decisions, automation, and AI use at Darley. This role combines practical data engineering with analytics enablement and builds systems and infrastructures that collect and process data according to company needs and goals. They design, develop and implement statistical models to carry out various novel aspects of classification and information extraction from data. They also leverage existing data infrastructure to fulfill all data-related requests, perform necessary data housekeeping, data cleansing, normalization, hashing, and implementation of required data model changes. They will analyze data to spot anomalies, trends and correlate similar data sets while also troubleshooting problems, identifying possible solutions, and bringing resolution for end users. The Data Engineer works cross-functionally with infrastructure, reporting, security and AI colleagues as well as business stakeholders, and external specialists as needed. *Key Responsibilities* * Build and maintain SQL- and Python-based data pipelines that ingest, validate, and transform data from business systems, APIs, files, and approved external sources. * Help implement warehouse structures and dimensional models, including reusable tables, documented relationships, and consistent business definitions. * Partner with infrastructure colleagues on secure connectivity, access, environments, scheduling, monitoring, and recovery requirements. * Implement data quality checks, reconciliation, error handling, version control, and documentation so data products remain reliable and maintainable. * Work with reporting colleagues to deliver curated data sets and semantic models for dashboards and self-service analytics. * Translate business questions into data requirements and prioritize useful, achievable solutions with stakeholders. * Collaborate with external specialists on architecture and implementation patterns, then maintain and extend the solutions internally. *Job Details* This is a full-time position that is expected to work from our Itasca, IL office 4-5 days per week. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or as otherwise required to meet business needs. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required to support sales events, customer needs and critical incidents. *Travel* Regular travel is not required through you may be asked to occasionally travel to customer sites, OEMs, Darley sites, management meetings or training events. *Compensation* $75,000-$95,000 annual base salary *Benefits* * PTO * Paid Holidays * Tuition Reimbursement * Health & Wellness Reimbursement * Medical * Dental * Vision * Life & Disability insurance * HSA with Darley contribution * FSA * 401K/Roth with match and profit sharing *About W.S. Darley & Co.* Founded in 1908, W.S. Darley & Co. (Darley) remains a family owned and operated business, supplying the highest quality equipment solutions to its military and first responder customers. With origins in the equipment distribution and Midwest manufacturing, Darley offers a family of leading innovate emergency equipment brands and innovative solutions. Darley prides itself on delivering the highest quality solutions and services from its corporate headquarters in Itasca, IL and its’ ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturing operations in Chippewa Falls, WI and Janesville, IA.