Senior Data Engineer

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER

We have an exciting hybrid opportunity based in Raleigh‑Durham, NC or Evanston, IL, to support a diverse portfolio of standards and data science initiatives and advance UL Standards & Engagement’s mission to make the world safer, more secure, and sustainable.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures, platforms, and pipelines that support standards development, research, analytics, reporting, and AI‑driven initiatives across the organization.
• Lead the collection, integration, and management of complex datasets from diverse sources, including APIs, structured XML and HTML standards content, relational databases, and unstructured information repositories.
• Develop and optimize enterprise ETL/ELT processes to ensure the accuracy, consistency, availability, and performance of data assets used across analytical and operational environments.
• Architect and implement robust data models, metadata frameworks, and data quality controls that support enterprise reporting, machine learning applications, and large language model initiatives.
• Design and deploy production‑grade RAG infrastructure, including document ingestion, content chunking strategies, metadata enrichment, embedding generation, vector storage, and hybrid retrieval methodologies.
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize database technologies and retrieval systems to support high‑performance search, semantic context retrieval, and AI‑enabled knowledge discovery.
• Collaborate with business leaders, standards development subject matter experts, and technical teams to translate complex business challenges into scalable data solutions and infrastructure investments.
• Establish and promote best practices for data governance, security, privacy, and lifecycle management while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, intellectual property protections, and organizational standards.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve data platform performance, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to the development and execution of data strategy, identifying opportunities to expand organizational capabilities through modern data engineering practices and emerging technologies.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to data engineers, analysts, and cross‑functional team members, fostering adoption of scalable engineering standards and best practices.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, architectural designs, and implementation roadmaps that support knowledge sharing and long‑term sustainability of data platforms.
• Make notable contributions to shared team goals and independently manage workload effectively, using appropriate communication and adherence to deliverable and timeline expectations.
• Maintain continued awareness of industry trends and external context related to the portfolio.
• Perform other duties as directed.

• Advanced application of data engineering principles, including data architecture, integration, modeling, governance, and large‑scale pipeline development within complex technical environments.
• Strong technical aptitude in modern cloud‑based data platforms, database technologies, distributed processing frameworks, and AI‑enabled data infrastructure.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing scalable solutions that support advanced analytics, machine learning, large language models, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation applications.
• Proficiency in project management with experience developing project timelines, scope, and managing project resources; ability to apply independent judgement in selecting methods, assessing results, and refining solutions.
• Strong communication and engagement skills, with ability to convey complex information to various stakeholder groups, including technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Positive and collaborative interpersonal skills, with proven capability in fostering collaboration and partnership across teams to develop solutions with broad impact.
• Commitment to continuous learning, technical excellence, and the adoption of emerging technologies that strengthen organizational capabilities and business outcomes.
• Strategic thinker with ability…