Senior AWS Python & PySpark Data Engineer (Hybrid)

System One (old); Lafayette (LA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Spending accounts

Life insurance

Voluntary plans

401(k) plan

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior AWS Python Developer / PySpark Data Engineer to join our hybrid team across Lafayette, LA and other locations. The role emphasizes hands-on data engineering with strong AWS big data experience.

You will develop scalable Python applications, optimize Spark jobs, and integrate APIs while collaborating with technical and business teams to drive secure, data-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years Python development in data-intensive apps.
• 5+ years Spark/PySpark troubleshooting and optimization.
• 5+ years AWS experience (EMR, Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, Redshift, S3, Glue).
• Advanced SQL skills including complex queries, transformations, joins, and recursive CTEs.
• Experience developing and consuming REST APIs and external data sources.
• Strong data manipulation, transformation, analysis, and processing for large datasets.
• Experience with Hadoop/EMR, Spark, and Hive.
• 4+ years with AI-related technologies.
• CI/CD and infrastructure automation using GitLab and Terraform.
• Strong debugging, performance tuning, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable Python applications and data processing solutions.
• Integrate APIs and external services.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries.
• Process large datasets using Spark and AWS services.
• Troubleshoot application and data processing performance.
• Contribute to CI/CD automation.
• Collaborate with technical and business teams across the organization.

Skills

Python

PySpark

AWS

SQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Terraform

GitLab

Big Data

Hadoop

Hive

AI

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/related

Tools

EMR

Lambda

EventBridge

Step Functions

Redshift

S3

Glue

Terraform

Job description

System One is seeking a Senior AWS Python Developer / PySpark Data Engineer to join our hybrid team across Lafayette, LA and other locations. The role emphasizes hands-on data engineering with strong AWS big data experience.

You will develop scalable Python applications, optimize Spark jobs, and integrate APIs while collaborating with technical and business teams to drive secure, data-driven solutions.