Senior Data Engineer: Cloud Data Platforms & Pipelines

Steampunk; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a seasoned Data Engineer to design enterprise data platforms and pipelines for clients. The role requires strong communication skills and a passion for solving data problems, with a focus on AWS-based data environments.

Candidates should have 5+ years of data engineering experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and hands-on work with big data tools like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka. The position emphasizes collaboration within an Agile development team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience.
• Experience coding commercial software and solving complex problems.
• 2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering.
• Experience with big data tools and data pipelines.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and data modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect migration of data environments with performance and reliability.
• Assess and understand the ETL jobs, workflows, BI tools, and reports.
• Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and data products.
• Craft database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (AWS preferred).
• Support an Agile software development lifecycle and contribute to data exploitation practice growth.

Skills

Python

AWS

Databricks

SQL

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

NoSQL

Java/C++/Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

Azkaban

Luigi

PostgreSQL

Redshift

Job description

Steampunk is seeking a seasoned Data Engineer to design enterprise data platforms and pipelines for clients. The role requires strong communication skills and a passion for solving data problems, with a focus on AWS-based data environments.

Candidates should have 5+ years of data engineering experience, a Bachelor’s degree, and hands-on work with big data tools like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka. The position emphasizes collaboration within an Agile development team.