The Data & Software Engineer works with a small team to build complex data flows for a custom application. Successful candidate will have advanced Python programming skills, familiarity with Java, an understanding of data security, privacy, governance and compliance principles and a demonstrated history of building production data pipelines and ETL workflows at scale. Candidate must have experience:
Building end-to-end data pipelines leveraging Python
Using orchestration tools to deploy data pipelines, including configuring and updating Spark Jobs
Containerizing and deploying applications in cloud environments like AWS.
Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization for complex, analytical workloads.
Leveraging industry standard tools for code control (Git, IaaC control, etc.)
Working with data catalogs, tracking data lineage and handling a variety of data formats, including Geospatial.
Using Bash scripting for automation and data processing tasks
Integrating Al/ML services and models
Responsibilities:
Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements, assess feasibility, and design appropriate solutions with minimal oversight
Leverage strong problem-solving and debugging skills for data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks
Leverage a background in large-scale data migration or platform modernization efforts
Contribute to data engineering documentation, best practices, and design patterns.
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years' experience with:
Apache Spark & PySpark
Advanced Python skills (including Pandas & NumPy)
Docker, Podman
AWS S3, Lambda & Step functions
Apache Iceberg, Airflow, etc.
SQL (with Trino)
NoSQL, DynamoDB
Unity Catalog OSS, Apache Polaris
Apache Superset
Terraform or CloudFormation
OpenLineage
H3, PostGIS
Benefits
Eligibility requirements apply.
Employer-Paid Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) with a generous matching program
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
Short Term & Long Term Disability
Training & Development
Employee Assistance Program
Numbers & Facts
Location
Chantilly, VA
Skills
AWS Lambdaunmatched
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)unmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Apacheunmatched
Apache Sparkunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Best Practicesunmatched
Cisco Unityunmatched
Computer Programmingunmatched
Data Analysisunmatched
Data Formatsunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Processingunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Database Designunmatched
Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL)unmatched