Senior Solution Architect & Data Engineer - AI Analytics

Socket.dev; Wood Dale (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus package

Medical/dental/vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Job summary

AAR is seeking a Solution Architect & Data Engineer to design, build, and scale an analytics platform for the aerospace aftermarket. You will translate business requirements into scalable data pipelines, models, and AI-enabled capabilities while staying hands-on with production-grade code.

The role is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Wood Dale, IL, with a planned relocation to the Merchandise Mart (Chicago) in early 2027.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building cloud data analytics platforms.
• Hands-on data engineering, analytics engineering, or related roles.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture and roadmap for advanced analytics platforms.
• Design scalable data, integration, analytics, and AI solutions.
• Establish standards for data models, APIs, governance, security, and platform design.
• Build and maintain data pipelines from multiple sources.
• Develop data products, dashboards, and analytical datasets for decision-making.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, performance, and operational supportability.
• Collaborate with business users to deliver insights and measurable outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, ML, and automation.

Skills

Advanced Analytical SQL

PySpark/Python

Java Spring boot

Data modeling

APIs & system integrations

Cloud-based analytics

Tools

Spark/Databricks

Snowflake

Kafka

Cloud-native services

Azure data services

Job description

AAR is seeking a Solution Architect & Data Engineer to design, build, and scale an analytics platform for the aerospace aftermarket. You will translate business requirements into scalable data pipelines, models, and AI-enabled capabilities while staying hands-on with production-grade code.

The role is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Wood Dale, IL, with a planned relocation to the Merchandise Mart (Chicago) in early 2027.