Senior Data Engineer

Contract Senior Data Engineer in Lake Buena Vista, FL, with a hybrid schedule on-site Monday through Thursday and remote Fridays, focusing on designing, developing, and implementing data engineering systems and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to data requirements gathering with stakeholders
• Perform source-to-target mapping activities
• Develop and review data validation scripts
• Design, implement, and monitor ETL and ELT pipelines
• Produce datasets used as inputs for science models and visualizations
• Participate in technical reviews to ensure quality deliverables
• Develop domain understanding of business processes and apply it to assigned work
• Communicate data engineering progress to the project leadership team
• Actively participate in meetings and discussions

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of ELT/ETL development experience using SQL and Python
• 2+ years developing and maintaining data pipelines with a framework such as Apache Flink, Apache Beam or Kafka Streams
• Experience understanding a business domain to support data requirements and design solutions
• Experience delivering code across multiple environments (Dev, QA, Prod) and applying DevOps practices for deployment and promotion
• Strong database design skills and experience with PostgreSQL or Snowflake
• Experience managing and deploying code using GitLab or GitHub
• Ability to articulate solutions and explain complex technical concepts to non-technical teammates

Technologies

• Snowflake
• SQL
• Python
• Apache Flink
• Apache Beam
• Kafka Streams
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• Databricks
• PostgreSQL
• GitLab
• GitHub

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Short-term disability
• Life insurance with AD&D