Real-Time Data Engineer for AI-Driven Automation

APEX Service Partners; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical, dental and vision coverage

unlimited PTO

401(k) matching

Job summary

Apex Service Partners in Tampa, FL is seeking a seasoned Data Engineer to design and operate the company’s core data infrastructure, enabling real-time ingestion, processing, and automation. You will own end-to-end pipelines, work with Azure Event Hubs, Service Bus, and streaming technologies, and partner with BI to build scalable data platforms supporting AI-driven workflows.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a track record of delivering reliable data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field such as computer science or data engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering with event-based architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain event-driven data architectures for real-time data flows.
• Develop and manage streaming pipelines for low-latency analytics.
• Build robust Python-based data ingestion pipelines from APIs and databases.
• Integrate data across APIs and internal systems with well-documented data flows.
• Create agentic workflows that trigger downstream actions via API calls.
• Collaborate with BI/analytics to support semantic models and reporting.
• Own data quality and pipeline reliability end-to-end.
• Contribute to long-term data architecture roadmap.
• Manage multiple data engineering projects with clear priorities.

Skills

Python

Event-driven architecture

API integration

Streaming pipelines

Data ingestion

Spark

Kafka

Azure Event Hubs

Azure Service Bus

SQL/NoSQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Data Engineering

Tools

Airflow

Neo4j

CosmosDB

Azure Functions

Azure Logic Apps

Kinesis

Job description

Apex Service Partners in Tampa, FL is seeking a seasoned Data Engineer to design and operate the company’s core data infrastructure, enabling real-time ingestion, processing, and automation. You will own end-to-end pipelines, work with Azure Event Hubs, Service Bus, and streaming technologies, and partner with BI to build scalable data platforms supporting AI-driven workflows.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a track record of delivering reliable data