Data Engineer

UST; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

UST is seeking a Data Engineer to design and maintain real-time data pipelines using Spark, Kafka, and cloud services (GCP). The role focuses on ingesting, transforming, and delivering data for analytics and ML, with emphasis on scalable architectures and data quality.

You will work across global teams to optimize pipelines, leverage BigQuery, Airflow, and Databricks, and ensure data integrity and governance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 7–10 years of experience in data engineering.
• Strong Python, SQL, Spark (PySpark/Scala) and streaming experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using Spark and streaming tech.
• Build scalable data architectures, data lakes, warehouses (BigQuery) and streaming platforms.
• Tune performance of Spark jobs, SQL queries, and data workflows for speed and cost.
• Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and governance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver analytics-ready datasets.
• Monitor and optimize data pipelines and database performance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark/Java/PySpark

Kafka

Airflow

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Big Data

Data Modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Databricks

Docker

Kubernetes

BigQuery

Snowflake/Redshift

Job description

Data Engineer

The Role

UST is searching for a Data Engineer with spark and streaming skills builds real-time, scalable data pipelines using tools like Spark, Kafka, and cloud services (GCP) to ingest, transform, and deliver data for analytics and ML.

What You’ll Do

• As a Senior Data Engineer, you will Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines for batch and real-time data ingestion, transformation, and loading using Spark (PySpark/Scala) and streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink).
• Build and optimize scalable data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses (BigQuery), and streaming platforms.
• Performance Tuning: Optimize Spark jobs, SQL queries, and data processing workflows for speed, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness
• Data Quality: Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and ing systems to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Develop reusable data processing frameworks and components
• Build and optimize data solutions using SQL, Python, Spark, and cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Develop and manage data integration workflows using tools like Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Airflow, or Informatica.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance through validation, monitoring, and compliance best practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data analysts, and data scientists to deliver reliable, analytics-ready datasets.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines and database performance to support high-volume data processing and reporting requirements.
• The role is expected to Work closely with business analysts, data scientists, and application teams across the globe with a mix of associates and suppliers

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need

• Experience range:7-10 Years
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or an equivalent degree
• Technical Skills:
• Mandatory: BigQuery, Apache Airflow, Spark/Java/ PySpark
• Nice to have: GCP, GCS, Relational Databases Data Modeling, Kafka , Terraform
• Skills and experiences:
• Programming: Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and potentially Scala/Java.
• Big Data: Expertise in Apache Spark (Spark SQL, DataFrames, Streaming).
• Streaming: Experience with messaging queues like Apache Kafka, or Pub/Sub.
• Cloud: Familiarity with GCP, Azure data services.
• Databases: Knowledge of data warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift) and NoSQL databases.
• Tools: Experience with Airflow, Databricks, Docker, Kubernetes is a plus. Experience Level
• Total IT Experience - Minimum 8 years
• GCP - 4 + years of recent GCP experience

Location & Compensation

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Sunnyvale, California

Compensation Range: $72,000-$108,000

Compensation range: $ 72,000.00 to 108,000.00 per year

Who We Are

Since 1999, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a powerful impact through transformation. Headquartered in the United States, UST is powered by technology, driven by AI, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Our AI-driven digital solutions, proprietary platforms, engineering, R&D, products, and innovation ecosystem turn core challenges into impactful, disruptive business outcomes. With deep industry knowledge and a future-ready mindset, we infuse expertise, innovation, and agility into our clients’ organizations-delivering measurable value and positive lasting change for them, their customers, and communities around the world. Together, with 30,000+ employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact-touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

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Compensation range: $ 72,000.00 to 108,000.00 per year