Remote Senior Data Platform Engineer - AWS & Migrations

Real Time Medical Systems LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career development

Comprehensive health coverage

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Real Time Medical Systems LLC is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and optimize cloud-native data solutions across AWS, PySpark, Python, SQL Server to migrate legacy SQL Server to PostgreSQL-based architectures.

The ideal candidate thrives in independent, dynamic environments, balancing long-term architecture with short-term deliverables while collaborating with stakeholders across multiple projects. Remote work within the United States is supported.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or software engineering roles.
• Advanced skills with Python and PySpark for large-scale data processing.
• Strong SQL development experience, including query tuning and ETL/ELT design.
• Hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, EMR, Lambda, DDB, DMS, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC).
• Experience with Terraform/Terragrunt (or equivalent IaC) for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with SQL Server and PostgreSQL, including database optimization and migration patterns.
• Working knowledge of C# for application/data integrations.
• Strong grasp of data modeling, architecture, and governance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines (batch and streaming) using PySpark, Python, and SQL.
• Lead and support SQL Server → PostgreSQL migration efforts, including schema translation, performance tuning, and data validation.
• Implement and maintain Terraform infrastructure for AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, EMR, Redshift, DMS, etc.).
• Conduct performance and cost optimization reviews of AWS workloads, recommending and implementing improvements.
• Develop frameworks for data quality, monitoring, and reconciliation.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and other engineers to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Apply software engineering best practices (version control, CI/CD, testing, code reviews) to data engineering workflows.
• Contribute to standards, best practices, and technical mentorship across the team.
• Participate in a rotating on‑call schedule to provide production support, ensuring reliability of data platforms with minimal disruption to business operations.

Skills

Python

PySpark

SQL

C#

data modeling

governance

problem solving

self-management

communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

AWS Certification

Tools

AWS

Terraform/Terragrunt

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

C#

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Real Time Medical Systems LLC is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to design and optimize cloud-native data solutions across AWS, PySpark, Python, SQL Server to migrate legacy SQL Server to PostgreSQL-based architectures.

The ideal candidate thrives in independent, dynamic environments, balancing long-term architecture with short-term deliverables while collaborating with stakeholders across multiple projects. Remote work within the United States is supported.