The Opportunity Help modernize the data platform behind the automotive aftermarket. As Senior Data Engineer at MOTOR Information Systems, you’ll take a leading role in architecting, designing, building and evolving our AWS-based data platform, supporting the next generation of products and AI-driven capabilities. This is not a maintenance role. You’ll have meaningful technical ownership and influence over how data is architected, processed and delivered across our systems and product suite. You’ll tackle large-scale, complex data challenges while driving architectural decisions, establishing engineering best practices and designing for scalability, reliability, performance and cost efficiency. As a senior member of the team, you’ll collaborate across engineering and product, provide technical guidance and mentorship, and help shape our platform toward a more modern, scalable and intelligent data architecture. Hybrid: This hybrid role is based in our Troy, Michigan office and requires working in the office 3 days per week. No visa sponsorship is available at this time. What You’ll Do • Analyze large and complex data sets. • Design, develop and coordinate the generation of data pipelines. • Work collaboratively with the team to plan and solve complex problems. • Design for, or optimize existing pipelines for, performance and cost. What You’ll Bring Required Qualifications • Expert Python and SQL developer. • Strong AWS experience (Lambda, Glue, State Machines, Fargate, CloudFormation, Redshift). • Strong experience with semi-structured data (XML, CSV, JSON, Parquet). • Strong automation experience. • Experience with Databricks (Delta Lake, Notebooks, SQL Analytics). • Experience with Kubernetes (cluster orchestration, container networking, pod management). • Experience with DevOps, CI/CD and deployment orchestration (Octopus Deploy). • Experience with agentic AI (LangGraph, MCP servers, agent frameworks). • Experience with data handling (Pandas/NumPy, Apache Spark, Ray). Preferred Qualifications • Experience with LLMs, machine learning and deep learning libraries, AI application frameworks and vector databases. • Experience with automotive data or the automotive industry. • Experience with Agile/Scrum. Benefits As part of Hearst, MOTOR employees have access to modern, flexible benefits designed to support you and your family. Benefits include: • Medical, dental and vision coverage • 401(k) matching • Emotional wellness support • Paid time off • Paid parental leave • LGBTQ+ health services • Additional benefits to meet you and your family’s needs