Senior Data Engineer: Remote GraphQL & Data Pipelines

Eliassen Group; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 110,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Data Engineer to launch a new IAM initiative. The contractor will design, build, and evolve low-latency GraphQL APIs and data pipelines that support developer workflows across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes microservices on AWS, data engineering fundamentals, and production monitoring. It is a remote contract with EST hours, potential conversion, and a W-2 benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering and backend service development.
• Hands-on with GraphQL API design and implementation.
• Strong PySpark/Scala Spark and AWS Glue experience.
• Experience with Snowflake and building scalable data pipelines.
• Advanced AWS experience focused on Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB.
• Prior senior-level ownership in cloud environments with production monitoring and reliability.
• Experience delivering low-latency, highly available microservices at scale.
• Ability to operate in a small, high-impact team and augment existing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain low-latency GraphQL APIs used in critical developer runtime flows.
• Develop and enhance data pipelines using PySpark or Apache Spark, Snowflake, and AWS Glue.
• Implement microservices on AWS using Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, and related services.
• Ingest, transform, and serve data to power API responses with strong data modeling and quality practices.
• Set up monitoring, observability, and alerting for APIs, data jobs, and microservices.
• Collaborate with IAM stakeholders to support an agentic risk-identification initiative.
• Contribute to architecture, security, and performance reviews for cloud-native services.
• Work within EST hours in a fully remote environment and participate in a streamlined interview process.

Skills

GraphQL design

PySpark

Scala/Spark

Snowflake

AWS Glue

AWS Lambda

AWS ECS

DynamoDB

Data pipelines

Monitoring

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a senior Data Engineer to launch a new IAM initiative. The contractor will design, build, and evolve low-latency GraphQL APIs and data pipelines that support developer workflows across the enterprise.

The role emphasizes microservices on AWS, data engineering fundamentals, and production monitoring. It is a remote contract with EST hours, potential conversion, and a W-2 benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching.