Senior Data Engineer — Cloud Pipelines & AI Operations

Unchain Data; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution

Fully funded top-tier health benefits plan

Flexible Vacation Policy

Individualized growth opportunities

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Unchain Data is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design secure data solutions and enhance data accessibility. You will develop resilient ETL/ELT pipelines and support AI operations, all while working with a collaborative team.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience, a degree in Computer Science, and strong skills in Python and cloud databases. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible vacation, and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a related role.
• Proven experience architecting scalable relational and non-relational (SQL/noSQL) schemas.
• Expertise in maximizing system performance through advanced query tuning.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, cloud-based data storage solutions.
• Develop and maintain resilient ETL/ELT pipelines for real-time streaming and batch processing.
• Build and manage data access layers, including REST APIs and streaming services.

Skills

Python

Data architecture

Performance engineering

Data orchestration (Dagster, Apache Airflow)

Systems thinking

Version control (Git)

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science

Tools

AWS RDS

Azure Database

pytest

SQLAlchemy

Job description

Unchain Data is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to design secure data solutions and enhance data accessibility. You will develop resilient ETL/ELT pipelines and support AI operations, all while working with a collaborative team.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience, a degree in Computer Science, and strong skills in Python and cloud databases. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible vacation, and comprehensive health coverage.