Senior AWS Data Engineer - Java/Python | MCP & GenAI

Randstad Digital Americas; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a hands-on Senior AWS Data Engineer in Charlotte for a contract role. You will design scalable data pipelines with AWS Glue, PySpark, S3, Athena, and Redshift, and build Java-based REST APIs with MCP/GenAI integration.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on experience across AWS data engineering, Java/Python development, REST APIs, and MCP/GenAI delivery, delivering end-to-end production solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on AWS data engineering with Java/Python development + REST APIs.
• Design and build end-to-end data pipelines on AWS (Glue, S3, Athena, Redshift).
• Develop MCP/GenAI integrations and GenAI-based APIs.
• Proficient in building production-grade, secure, and scalable data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable data pipelines using AWS Glue, PySpark, S3, Athena, and Redshift.
• Develop complex data transformations and data-quality solutions using Python, PySpark, and SQL.
• Design and develop Java-based REST APIs, preferably using Spring Boot.
• Build integrations between APIs, databases, AWS services, and enterprise applications.
• Develop and integrate MCP servers and MCP tools to expose enterprise APIs, data, and services to AI agents.
• Develop GenAI solutions using AWS Bedrock, LLMs, tool calling, and agent-based architectures.
• Implement production-grade logging, exception handling, security, testing, monitoring, and CI/CD.

Skills

Java

API development

Python

PySpark

SQL

AWS Glue

Amazon Athena

Amazon Redshift

Amazon S3

REST API development

MCP server development

AWS Bedrock / GenAI integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Spring Boot

Job description

Randstad Digital Americas is seeking a hands-on Senior AWS Data Engineer in Charlotte for a contract role. You will design scalable data pipelines with AWS Glue, PySpark, S3, Athena, and Redshift, and build Java-based REST APIs with MCP/GenAI integration.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on experience across AWS data engineering, Java/Python development, REST APIs, and MCP/GenAI delivery, delivering end-to-end production solutions.