Hybrid Data Engineer: Build Scalable Pipelines & Data Lakes

astronautics; Oak Creek (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Astronautics in Oak Creek, WI, seeks a Data Engineer to design and build scalable data infrastructure across the company’s data ecosystem. You will transform raw data into accessible datasets for data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders.

You will collaborate with data architects, BI specialists, and analysts to deliver reliable data solutions, leveraging cloud services and modern data architectures in a hybrid on-site role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field from an accredited institution.
• 3+ years of professional Data Engineer experience focusing on scalable data platforms.
• Strong SQL and at least one data engineering language (Python preferred).
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure) and their core services.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, distributed systems, ETL/ELT, and modern data architectures.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures (lakes, warehouses, streaming).
• Develop end-to-end ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and real-time data.
• Evaluate and implement new data technologies and frameworks.
• Monitor and optimize pipeline performance, cost, and reliability.
• Model data and manage relational, NoSQL, and object storage solutions.
• Enforce data governance, quality checks, and security controls.
• Collaborate with data stakeholders to deliver data solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Java/Scala

Cloud platforms

ETL/ELT

Data warehousing

Airflow / orchestration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field

Master's degree (desirable)

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Cloud Storage

Airflow

Dataproc

Data Catalog

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Astronautics in Oak Creek, WI, seeks a Data Engineer to design and build scalable data infrastructure across the company’s data ecosystem. You will transform raw data into accessible datasets for data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders.

You will collaborate with data architects, BI specialists, and analysts to deliver reliable data solutions, leveraging cloud services and modern data architectures in a hybrid on-site role.