Data Engineer III

Overview

On Site
Contract - W2
Contract - 6-9 Month(s)

Skills

Python
Data Warehouse
Data Analysis
Data Build Tool

Job Details

Job Title: Data Engineer III

Location: Houston, TX

Work Mode: Onsite

Duration: 6-9 Months

Must-Have Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of professional experience in software development or data engineering

  • Strong proficiency in Python

  • Hands-on experience with DBT (Data Build Tool)

  • Solid understanding of Data Lakehouse technologies, specifically Apache Iceberg or Delta Lake

  • Experience working with Amazon S3 object storage

Nice-to-Haves:

  • UI development experience in Python Dash

  • Familiarity with Dremio

  • Experience with Kubernetes, especially AWS EKS

  • Broad exposure to the AWS cloud ecosystem

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement scalable, reliable data pipelines integrating diverse data sources into a unified Data Lakehouse

  • Develop data quality pipelines to ensure accuracy, consistency, and trust in data sets

  • Architect a Lakehouse solution that reflects real-world business operations using best practices

  • Support platform performance tuning and data model optimization (e.g., partitioning and compaction)

  • Contribute to data visualization and reporting initiatives to support data-driven decision-making

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