Big Data Engineer — Spark, AWS, Python, AI

Conch Technologies Inc; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Conch Technologies, Inc is seeking a Big Data Engineer for a 6+ month engagement in Tysons Corner, VA. The role focuses on large-scale data processing with SQL and Spark, using AWS services and modern big data ecosystems.

Ideal candidates will have strong Python/PySpark experience and hands-on work with Hadoop/Hive/Trino, plus exposure to AI-assisted tooling. On-site to Tysons Corner location with expected collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience handling petabyte-scale data pipelines and architectures.
• Strong SQL skills including window functions, joins and complex queries.
• Hands-on Spark development, internals, and performance tuning.
• Proficient in Python/PySpark for data engineering tasks.
• Experience with AWS services like S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Athena.
• Familiarity with Hadoop/Hive/Trino ecosystems.
• AI tooling familiarity (e.g., Copilot, Claude) is a plus.

Skills

Petabyte data scale

SQL

Spark

Python/PySpark

AWS

Hadoop/Hive/Trino

AI Skills

Tools

SQL

Spark

Python

AWS

Hadoop/Hive/Trino

Job description

Conch Technologies, Inc is seeking a Big Data Engineer for a 6+ month engagement in Tysons Corner, VA. The role focuses on large-scale data processing with SQL and Spark, using AWS services and modern big data ecosystems.

Ideal candidates will have strong Python/PySpark experience and hands-on work with Hadoop/Hive/Trino, plus exposure to AI-assisted tooling. On-site to Tysons Corner location with expected collaboration across teams.