Data & Software Engineer

We are seeking a Data & Software Engineer works with a small team to build complex data flows for a custom application. Successful candidate will have advanced Python programming skills, familiarity with Java, an understanding of data security, privacy, governance and compliance principles and a demonstrated history of building production data pipelines and ETL workflows at scale. Candidate must have experience:

• ·  Building end-to-end data pipelines leveraging Python

  Using orchestration tools to deploy data pipelines, including configuring and updating Spark Jobs

  ·  Containerizing and deploying applications in cloud environments like AWS.

  ·  Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization for complex, analytical workloads. 

  ·  Leveraging industry standard tools for code control (Git, IaaC control, etc.)

  ·  Working with data catalogs, tracking data lineage  and handling a variety of data formats, including Geospatial.

  ·  Using Bash scripting for automation and data processing tasks

  ·  Integrating Al/ML services and models

• ·  Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements, assess feasibility, and design appropriate solutions with minimal oversight

  ·  Leverage strong problem-solving and debugging skills for data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks

  ·  Leverage a background in large-scale data migration or platform modernization efforts

  Contribute to data engineering documentation, best practices, and design patterns.

• Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph required. 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Minimum of 5 years' experience with: 

  ·  Apache Spark & PySpark

  ·  Advanced Python skills (including Pandas & NumPy)

  ·  Docker, Podman

  ·  AWS S3, Lambda & Step functions

  ·  Apache Iceberg, Airflow, etc.

  ·  SQL (with Trino)

  ·  NoSQL, DynamoDB

  ·  Unity Catalog OSS, Apache Polaris

  ·  Apache Superset

  ·  Terraform or CloudFormation

  ·  OpenLineage

  ·  H3, PostGIS