Staff Data Engineer, Data Products (Dallas, TX, US)

<p>Why Hershey:</p> <p>At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day.</p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About The Hershey Company </b></H2> </div><div><div> <div>The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.</div> <div> </div> <div>At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.</div> <div> </div> <div>Guided by our employee value proposition, <strong>Lead Today. Create Tomorrow,</strong> we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our <strong>One Hershey</strong> mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.<span> </span></div> <div> </div> <div>The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.</div> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>How will you fit in the big picture?</b></H2> </div><div><div> <div>The Staff Data Engineer, Data Products, plays a critical role in designing, building, and operating enterprise-grade data products that power analytics, reporting, and AI across Hershey’s business domains.</div> <div> </div> <div>In this role, you will help advance Hershey’s enterprise data strategy by developing scalable, governed, and reusable data products that serve as trusted systems of record for analytics and future AI innovation. Working closely with Data Product Managers, Architects, Domain SMEs, and Platform Engineering teams, you will transform business requirements into modern cloud-native data solutions that drive efficiency, consistency, and enterprise-wide decision-making.</div> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What will you do?</b></H2> </div><div><div> <ul> <li>Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and transformations using Azure, Databricks, and modern data engineering frameworks.</li> <li>Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs, solutions, and acceptance criteria.</li> <li>Develop and optimize physical and semantic data models supporting analytics, reporting, and AI/ML use cases.</li> <li>Implement ingestion frameworks, reusable engineering patterns, and data workflows aligned with enterprise standards.</li> <li>Apply best practices for performance, scalability, cost optimization, security, and reliability.</li> <li>Support modern architectural patterns including Delta Lake, medallion architecture, orchestration frameworks, and cloud-native services.</li> <li>Embed governance-by-design principles, including data lineage, metadata management, documentation, certification, and monitoring.</li> <li>Implement automated data quality checks and controls to ensure trusted, accurate, and complete data products.</li> <li>Collaborate with business domain teams, platform engineering, and data operations partners to ensure successful delivery, adoption, and ongoing optimization of enterprise data products.</li> </ul> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Minimum Education &amp; Requirements</b></H2> </div><div><div> <ul> <li>5+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, data platforms, or related technical roles.</li> <li>Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT development, distributed data processing, and enterprise-scale data pipelines.</li> <li>Experience with Databricks and cloud platforms such as Azure (preferred) or AWS.</li> <li>Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, APIs, source control, automation, and modern software development practices.</li> <li>Experience designing dimensional and semantic data models for analytics and reporting.</li> <li>Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, lineage, data quality, and cataloging frameworks.</li> <li>Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to translate complex business requirements into technical solutions.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Education:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.</li> <li>Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or C/C++.</li> <li>Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MongoDB.</li> </ul> </div></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Benefits and Perks </b></H2> </div><div><div> <div>At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.</div> <ul> <li>Health &amp; Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health.<span> </span></li> <li>Financial Security: Competitive pay, annual incentive opportunities, and a 401(k) with company match.</li> <li>Time Off &amp; Flexibility: Paid time off, company holidays, and flexible ways of working where applicable.</li> <li>Growth &amp; Development: Career development programs, learning opportunities, and internal mobility.</li> </ul> <div><em>Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.</em></div> </div></div></div></div><p> </p> <p>The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.<br> <br>The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.  </p> <p>You may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application process as a result of a disability.<br>You can request an accommodation via phone or email.  </p> <p>To request an accommodation via phone, please call +1 877-804-1794 and leave a voicemail with your contact information.  You may also email a request for accommodation to ApplicationHelp@hersheys.com. 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