Adtalem Global Education
Data Engineer
🇺🇸 Hybrid - Lisle, IL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $74K - $134K
💻 Data Science
🗓️ January 10th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
- Design, develop, deploy, and support high-performance data pipelines for inbound and outbound data.
- Develop data platform objects applying business logic in the semantic layer of the data warehouse.
- Optimize data pipelines for scalability, reliability, and performance while ensuring critical data quality.
- Collaborate with business, IT, analyst, and data science teams to gather requirements and resolve issues.
- Expertise in Google Cloud Platform services including BigQuery, Composer, GCS, DataStream, and Dataflows.
- Strong skills in SQL and Python programming, with experience using Airflow for workflow management.
- Experience with real-time data ingestion technologies such as GCP PubSub, Kafka, or Spark.
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in related technical fields preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in data engineering and at least 1 year with Google Cloud Platform.
- Salary range between $74,064.94 and $133,901.96, with benefits including health insurance, 401k with employer match, paid holidays, and flexible time off.
Data Engineer Full Description
Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.
Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.
We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (MondayâThursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Visit Adtalem.com for more information, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Adtalem is a data driven organization. The Data Engineering team builds data solutions that powers strategic and tactical business decisions and supports the Analytics and Artificial Intelligence operations. By implementing data platform, data pipelines and data governance policies this team provide the basis for decision-making in Adtalem.
- Work closely with various business, IT, Analyst and Data Science groups to collect business requirements. Design, develop, deploy and support high performance data pipelines both inbound and outbound.
- Develop the data platform by applying the business logic and building objects in the semantic layer of data warehouse.
- Optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, and reliability. Ensure quality of critical data elements, prepare data quality remediation plans and collaborate with business and system owners to fix the quality issues at its root.
- Document the design and support strategy of the data pipelines
- Capture, store and socialize data lineage and operational metadata. Troubleshoot and resolve data engineering issues as they arise.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related technical field Required
- Master's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related technical field Preferred
- Three (3) plus years experience in data engineering solutions such as data platforms, ingestion, data management, or publication/analytics Required and
- One (1) plus year experience in Google cloud with services like BigQuery, Composer, GCS, DataStream, Dataflows Required
- Expert knowledge on SQL and Python programming
- Experience working with Airflow as workflow management tools and build operators to connect, extract and ingest data as needed.
- Experience in tuning queries for performance and scalability
- Experience in Real Time Data Ingestion using GCP PubSub, Kafka, Spark or similar.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to recognize and comprehend complex data issues affecting the business environment.
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $74,064.94 and $133,901.96. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
- Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
- Participation in Adtalemâs Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
- 12 Paid Holidays
For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Equal Opportunity â Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
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