Lead Data Engineer: Real-Time AWS Data Platforms

Ampcus, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to drive architecture, design, and optimization of scalable data pipelines and cloud-native data solutions. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with Python, AWS data services, real-time processing, and large-scale enterprise platforms.

You will collaborate with Principal Software Engineers, Data Architects, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver reliable data engineering solutions and establish testing and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering with increasing responsibility.
• Experience with large-scale enterprise data platforms (Helios Data Platform).
• Strong Python development for production environments.
• Proven leadership of data pipelines teams.
• Hands-on with AWS data services: Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge.
• Strong SQL and data quality practices.
• Experience with CI/CD tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, Jenkins.
• Experience building microservices for real-time ingestion.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of data integrity across distributed/ streaming systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and establish solution architecture with principal engineers.
• Design and optimize scalable data pipelines and Python microservices.
• Develop cloud-native data ingestion and streaming with AWS services.
• Own data integration frameworks and source pipelines for CI Autonomy.
• Collaborate with business and engineering to translate requirements into designs.
• Establish automated testing and data quality controls for data integrity.
• Monitor performance and conduct root-cause analysis of production data platforms.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of enterprise data platforms.

Skills

Python production

AWS data services

Data pipelines design

CI/CD tooling

Microservices for data

Data quality and validation

SQL skills

Observability/Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Jenkins

Kinesis

S3

DynamoDB

EventBridge

Job description

Ampcus Inc in Irving, TX is seeking a Data Engineering Lead to drive architecture, design, and optimization of scalable data pipelines and cloud-native data solutions. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience with Python, AWS data services, real-time processing, and large-scale enterprise platforms.

You will collaborate with Principal Software Engineers, Data Architects, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver reliable data engineering solutions and establish testing and data