Data Engineer

Eliassen Group; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company matching and life保险

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Data Engineer for a remote contract in the United States. You will design and build low-latency GraphQL APIs and data pipelines supporting enterprise developer workflows, using PySpark, Snowflake, and AWS Glue, with microservices on AWS.

The role operates on EST hours, offers W2 benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with company match, life insurance), and a rate of $80.00-$90.00 per hour, with potential conversion to full-time.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering and backend service development.
• Hands-on GraphQL API design and implementation.
• Strong PySpark or Scala/Spark experience with batch processing.
• Experience with Snowflake and scalable data pipelines.
• Advanced AWS experience focused on Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB.
• Senior-level ownership in cloud environments with production monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain low-latency GraphQL APIs used in developer runtime flows.
• Develop data pipelines using PySpark or Apache Spark, Snowflake, and AWS Glue.
• Implement microservices on AWS using Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and related services.
• Ingest, transform, and serve data to power API responses with strong data modeling and quality practices.
• Set up monitoring, observability, and alerting for APIs, data jobs, and microservices.
• Collaborate with IAM stakeholders to support an agentic risk-identification initiative.
• Contribute to architecture, security, and performance reviews for cloud-native services.
• Work within EST hours in a fully remote environment and participate in a streamlined interview process.

Skills

GraphQL API design

PySpark

Spark

Data modeling

AWS

Tools

AWS Glue

Snowflake

Lambda

ECS

DynamoDB

Job description

Data Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Description

Remote

Our client seeks a senior Data Engineer to help launch a new initiative within Identity and Access Management. The contractor will build and evolve low-latency GraphQL APIs and data pipelines that support developer workflows across the enterprise. The role emphasizes microservices on AWS, data engineering fundamentals, and production monitoring. The team consists of two FTEs and this senior contractor, with one interview round and adherence to Eastern Time working hours. There is a possibility for conversion.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $80.00 to $90.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain low-latency GraphQL APIs used in critical developer runtime flows.
• Develop and enhance data pipelines using PySpark or Apache Spark, Snowflake, and AWS Glue.
• Implement microservices on AWS using Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and related services.
• Ingest, transform, and serve data to power API responses with strong data modeling and quality practices.
• Set up monitoring, observability, and alerting for APIs, data jobs, and microservices.
• Collaborate with IAM stakeholders to support an agentic risk-identification initiative.
• Contribute to architecture, security, and performance reviews for cloud-native services.
• Work within EST hours in a fully remote environment and participate in a streamlined interview process.

Experience Requirements

• 10+ years in data engineering and full-stack or backend service development.
• Hands-on expertise with GraphQL API design and implementation.
• Strong proficiency with PySpark or Scala/Spark, batch processing, and AWS Glue.
• Experience with Snowflake and building scalable data pipelines.
• Advanced AWS experience focused on Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and associated services.
• Prior senior-level ownership in cloud environments with production monitoring and reliability.
• Background delivering low-latency, highly available microservices at scale.
• Ability to operate in a small, high-impact team and augment existing pipelines.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
• Medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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