Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa is seeking an experienced Data Engineer in Houston with 6+ years of hands-on experience. The role requires strong Core Python, SQL, and shell scripting skills, plus familiarity with AWS S3 and event-driven architectures.

Expertise in Kafka, Kubernetes, Argo, and data warehousing tools like Redshift or Aurora is a plus. Ideal candidates will contribute to building scalable data pipelines, APIs, and microservices, collaborating across teams on large-scale data projects.

Qualifications

• Must have 6+ years of experience in data engineering roles.
• Strong Python (Core Python) and SQL experience, with shell scripting.
• AWS S3 and data lake concepts are required.

Skills

Data engineer

Core Python

SQL

Shell scripting

AWS S3

Event-driven

AWS SQS

Microservices

API Development

Kafka

Kubernetes

Argo

Amazon Redshift

Amazon Aurora

Job description

"Key Skills : Data engineer, Corepython, SQLData Engineer Must have 6+ years of experience in below mentioned skills.Must Have: Big Data Concepts , Python(Core Python- Able to write code), SQL, Shell Scripting, AWS S3Good to Have: Event-driven/AWA SQS, Microservices, API Development, Kafka, Kubernetes, Argo, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Aurora"

Key Skills : Data engineer, Corepython, SQLData Engineer Must have 6+ years of experience in below mentioned skills.Must Have: Big Data Concepts , Python(Core Python- Able to write code), SQL, Shell Scripting, AWS S3Good to Have: Event-driven/AWA SQS, Microservices, API Development, Kafka, Kubernetes, Argo, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Aurora