Senior Data Engineer, AI/ML Data Platforms

SteerBridge; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SteerBridge Strategies is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to align data solutions with business requirements for AI/ML maintenance, sustainment, and deployment planning. You will manage data infrastructure, optimize data entry and extraction, and ensure data quality across multiple databases to support analytics and ML workflows.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in data engineering, strong Python and SQL skills, and is comfortable working on-site in Vienna, VA with potential hybrid options. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Minimum 6+ years of data engineering experience.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain security clearance.
• Strong experience with data pipelines and Python-based tooling.
• Proficient in SQL and distributed computing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Perform Data Engineering tasks within existing systems of record and multiple databases.
• Enhance and optimize data entry, management, and extraction for proprietary systems.
• Conduct data quality checks, analysis, and documentation of processes.
• Design scalable data models and data warehousing strategies.
• Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and stakeholders to enable ML workflows.

Skills

Data pipelines

Python development

Scripting

Automation

Distributed computing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or above in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Pandas

PySpark

NumPy

SciPy

SQL

Git

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Scikit-learn

Apache Kafka

Airflow

Spark

Flink

NiFi

AWS Glue

GCP Dataflow

Azure Data Factory

Delta Lake

Apache Iceberg

Apache Hudi

Hadoop

Hive

Presto/Trino/Athena

Job description

SteerBridge Strategies is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to align data solutions with business requirements for AI/ML maintenance, sustainment, and deployment planning. You will manage data infrastructure, optimize data entry and extraction, and ensure data quality across multiple databases to support analytics and ML workflows.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in data engineering, strong Python and SQL skills, and is comfortable working on-site in Vienna, VA with potential hybrid options. U.S.