Data Pipeline Engineer

Title: Data Engineer (Mid-Senior Level)
Location: Hybrid (New York City) or Remote (for candidates outside NYC)
Work Schedule: Full-Time, 40+ hours/week, EST business hours
Contract Type: Contract
Duration: Initial 6-month engagement with potential for extension or conversion
Start Date: ASAP
Pay Rate: $75 - $95/hr W2
Position Overview
A growing financial services organization is expanding its technology and data capabilities and is seeking a hands-on Data Engineer to join its Data & Analytics team. This individual will play a key role in building reliable, scalable data pipelines and leveraging modern Azure and Microsoft Fabric technologies to support business growth and drive productivity.
The ideal candidate will have strong data engineering expertise, experience building enterprise-grade ETL processes, and a passion for AI-first development practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain reliable data pipelines.
• Move and transform data from internal and external sources.
• Develop solutions within Azure and Microsoft Fabric environments.
• Implement and optimize ETL processes.
• Support data warehouse and data lake initiatives.
• Build scalable orchestration and processing workflows.
• Apply AI-driven approaches to engineering and automation.
• Collaborate with data engineering, analytics, and technology leadership teams.
• Contribute directly in a hands-on engineering capacity.

Required Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• Strong experience with:
  • Azure Data Platform
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • Medallion Architecture
  • ETL Development
  • SQL
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Data Warehouses & Data Lakes
  • Data Orchestration & Processing
• Experience building reliable enterprise data pipelines.
• Strong automation and engineering best practices.
• AI-first / AI-native engineering mindset.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Financial Services experience strongly preferred.
• Investment Banking experience highly desirable.

Preferred Traits

• Experience utilizing agentic coding tools and AI development workflows.
• Growth mindset and comfort within a rapidly expanding technology organization.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, hands-on culture.

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com