Senior Backend Data Engineer — Python/Node Pipelines

Leading Path Consulting; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leading Path Consulting seeks a Data Engineer passionate about building scalable data ingestion and transformation solutions. You will design modular services and robust data pipelines supporting operational and analytical systems in an agile team.

The role blends backend engineering with pipeline development, focusing on API and data service reliability, with opportunities to optimize performance and drive innovation within our data platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and data ingestion solutions.
• Perform data modeling, data mapping, and large-scale file manipulation.
• Collaborate across disciplines in an Agile environment with minimal supervision.
• Drive innovation and process improvement with a hands-on development approach.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.

Skills

APIs, microservices, distributed

LLMs for data enrichment

ETL pipelines

Organizational skills

NoSQL familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related

Tools

NodeJS

Python

NiFi

Elastic

RabbitMQ

MongoDB

Cloud architecture

Job description

Leading Path Consulting seeks a Data Engineer passionate about building scalable data ingestion and transformation solutions. You will design modular services and robust data pipelines supporting operational and analytical systems in an agile team.

The role blends backend engineering with pipeline development, focusing on API and data service reliability, with opportunities to optimize performance and drive innovation within our data platform.