Data Engineer

Job Title: Data Engineer

Location: Tampa, FL | Plano, TX | Jersey City, NJ
Job Type: Contract 

Job Summary

We are seeking a Data Engineer to design and build scalable data pipelines that ingest, cleanse, and standardize data for analytics and machine learning use cases. The role involves collaborating with Data Scientists and Data Modelers to operationalize ML models and deploy outputs via microservices, dashboards, reports, and automated notifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and standardization
• Deploy and operationalize machine learning models into production environments
• Enable model output delivery via microservices, dashboards, reporting, or email automation
• Ensure performance, scalability, and reliability of data workflows
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Data Science and Data Modeling teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Big Data and Cloud technologies for building data pipelines
• Strong DevOps experience (CI/CD, source control, deployments)
• Containerization tools: Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience with tools like Druid, Elasticsearch, Logstash
• Strong knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Impala, Spark, Kafka, Kudu, Solr)
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience with Microservices architecture
• Hands-on with REST APIs and authentication mechanisms
• Knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases