Software Engineer

Job Description

We're building a greenfield data platform and looking for an entry level Data Engineer to join our Automations team. This team sits at the intersection of data engineering and platform engineering - we own the DevOps, AI agent tooling, and test automation layer that makes the rest of the platform reliable and fast to iterate on. If you're early in your career and excited about building things the right way from day one, this is a rare opportunity to shape something from the ground up.

Core Responsibilities: • Help design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for a modern data platform • Develop and maintain automated test suites to validate data pipelines, transformations, and platform components • Contribute to AI agent workflows that automate operational and data tasks • Collaborate with senior engineers to establish DevOps patterns and best practices on a greenfield codebase • Monitor, debug, and improve platform reliability and observability • Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent practical experience • Familiarity with Python and comfort writing scripts to automate tasks • Basic understanding of data engineering concepts (pipelines, transformations, storage) • Exposure to DevOps tooling such as Git, CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.), or containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) • Curiosity about AI/ML tooling and automation - prior experience is a plus, not a requirement • Strong willingness to learn; experience with greenfield or 0-to-1 projects is a bonus

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Experience with a cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) • Familiarity with data tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, or similar • Exposure to testing frameworks or quality engineering practices • Any experience with LLM APIs or AI agent frameworks • Minimum Required Education & Experience: • Bachelor's degree in data or software engineering or a related field or equivalent.

About Us

About Us

What we give you in return:

Not many teams can say that they support people's dreams coming to life… We happen to do that every day. And as important as we know your career is, we recognize that there's a whole lot more to life. To ensure that our Employees can make the most of their time outside of working hours, we offer a competitive salary and for full-time roles, a benefits package including:

• Inclusive health, dental, vision and life insurance plans built to support diverse lifestyles, offer preventative care, and protect against hardship.
• Easy access to mental health benefits to meet our team members and their families where they are.
• 20 plus days of paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and 2 paid wellness days to give our employees the time they need to stay close with their loved ones, recharge, and give back to their communities.
• 401(k) Savings plan with a generous company contribution (up to 5%), and access to a financial professional to offer our employees the opportunity to plan-ahead for a strong financial future well beyond their working years.
• Paid parental leave to support all team members with birth, adoption, and foster.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options to help you save money on healthcare, daycare, commuting, and more.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), LifeLock, Pet Insurance and more.

About Cetera Financial Group:

Cetera Financial Group® ("Cetera") is a leading network of independent retail broker-dealers empowering the delivery of objective financial advice to individuals, families and company retirement plans across the country through trusted financial advisors and financial institutions. Cetera is one of the largest independent financial advisor networks in the nation by number of advisors, as well as a leading provider of retail services to the investment programs of banks and credit unions.

Through its multiple distinct firms, Cetera offers independent and institutions-based advisors the benefits of a large, established broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, while serving advisors and institutions in a way that is customized to their needs and aspirations. Advisor support resources offered through Cetera include award-winning wealth management and advisory platforms, comprehensive broker-dealer and registered investment adviser services, practice management support, and innovative technology.

"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of independent retail firms encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors LLC, Cetera Wealth Services LLC (f/k/a Cetera Advisor Networks), Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions, or Cetera Investors. All firms are members FINRA/SIPC.

Cetera Financial Group is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. For us, this is the only acceptable way to do business. Accordingly, all employment decisions at Cetera Financial Group, including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, and placement, will be made without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic characteristics, religion, religious dress and/or grooming, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, U.S. military status, political affiliation, or any other class protected by state and/or federal law.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 6444
• Job Category Information Technology
• Posting Date 06/23/2026, 03:08 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Dallas
• Minimum Salary 99,000
• Maximum Salary 129,000