ETL Developer - IA

Job#: 3025765

Job Description:
Client: Financial Services
Team: TBA
Job Title: Data Engineering / ETL
Location: West Des Moines, Iowa
Contract Length: 18mo
Pay Rate: $41 - $43
Top Requirements:

2+ years of Software Engineering experience

Strong understanding of data structures, data modeling, and data lifecycle management

Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT workflows and data pipelines

Advanced PySpark experience for distributed processing

Strong experience with Apache Airflow, including authoring and managing complex DAGs

Experience with modern data lake and open-table formats such as Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg / NetApp Iceberg

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, especially Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Dataflow), and Dataplex for governance and metadata management

Proficient in Python, Spark, SQL

Plusses:

Experience within Hadoop ecosystems (HDFS, Hive, etc.)

Background in building large-scale reporting or distributed data systems

Experience implementing data governance frameworks and lineage tracking

Familiarity with open-source data engineering frameworks and orchestration tooling beyond Airflow

Exposure to real-time or streaming data environments

Job Summary:

The Software Engineer 2 will support data engineering initiatives by designing and developing ETL/ELT pipelines, implementing data models, and building data workflows across batch and real-time environments. This role requires proficiency with Airflow, PySpark, and cloud-native data solutions, with a strong focus on scalable, reliable, and governed data pipelines. The engineer will collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with modern data architectures, optimize data structures for analytics, and support centralized governance using Dataplex and Delta Lake.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Design and build ETL/ELT workflows and data pipelines for batch and real-time processing

Develop and maintain pipelines for downstream applications using open-source and cloud technologies

Implement operational and analytical data stores leveraging Delta Lake and modern database concepts

Optimize data structures for performance, scalability, and reliability across large datasets

Collaborate with architects and engineers to align with target-state data architectures

Apply best practices around data governance, lineage, and metadata management using Google Dataplex

Build, schedule, and orchestrate workflows in Apache Airflow, including authoring complex DAGs

Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues related to data processing and pipeline reliability

Support continuous improvement of data engineering processes and standards

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