Senior Data Engineer

MMD Services; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MMD Services is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead architectural efforts and drive technical excellence within the organization. The role focuses on defining scalable architectures, guiding teams, and implementing best practices in a cloud environment.

Applicants should possess at least 7 years of experience in software development and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. Responsibilities include leading architecture discussions and advanced mentoring.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software development, preferably in a product-centric or agile environment.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is essential.
• Deep understanding of service reliability, monitoring, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Guide target architectures for complex systems, ensuring scalability and security.
• Lead architectural design reviews and technical decision-making.
• Design scalable platform capabilities and improve system reliability.

Skills

Software development experience

Cloud platforms expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Microservices architecture

Data modeling for performance

C#, Python, Angular, SQL proficiency

Service reliability and monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Version control systems

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to serve as a technical leader who shapes the future of our engineering organization. In this role, you'll architect complex systems, set engineering standards, and partner closely with product and design teams to drive platform innovation. You'll be accountable for high-impact architectural decisions and ensuring long-term technical excellence across the organization while mentoring and elevating the engineers around you.

What You'll Do

• Define and guide target architectures for complex systems and platforms, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, extensible, and aligned with enterprise engineering standards
• Lead architectural design reviews and technical decision-making, documenting trade-offs and guiding teams in adopting consistent patterns and best practices
• Partner with product and business leaders to translate strategic goals into architectural initiatives, balancing value, risk, and effort
• Design and evolve scalable platform capabilities including resilient APIs, event-driven architectures, caching strategies, and data models built for performance and long-term growth
• Advance DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud engineering practices, standardizing pipelines and implementing infrastructure-as-code for consistent, compliant environments
• Improve system reliability and observability by defining SLOs, implementing monitoring and tracing, and driving architectural improvements from incident learnings

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in software development, preferably in a product-centric or agile environment
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern engineering architecture including microservices, event-driven systems, resilient API design
• Proficiency in modern development stacks including C#, Python, Angular, and SQL
• Proven experience in architecture, platform engineering, and cloud-native solutions
• Strong understanding of service reliability, monitoring, tracing, and incident management
• Ability to mentor engineers, lead architectural discussions, and drive adoption of engineering standards across teams
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and modern development tooling
• Certifications or active participation in professional development is a plus

MMD Services Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.