Senior Engineer - Contractor

Jersey City, NJ, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago
Contract W2
6 Months
On-site
$50 - $70/hr
Fitment

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Skills

  • AI
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • LLM
  • COPILOT
  • PYTHON
  • AWS
  • ECS
  • LAMBDA
  • PYSPARK

Summary

Title: Senior Engineer - Contractor 
Duration: Through 1/15/27, potential extension
Location: Jersey City, NJ

Responsibilities:
  • We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer with strong programming and cloud platform expertise.
  • Seeking an experienced Data Engineer or Application Engineer with hands on AI & LLMs to build and support enterprise-grade production systems.
  • Write efficient, maintainable code in Python, leveraging frameworks like PySpark for large-scale data processing.
  • Investigate and troubleshoot data pipelines, demonstrating a strong understanding of data structures and distributed processing.
  • Develop and optimize complex SQL queries; implement data warehousing concepts including Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 1 & Type 2).
  • Design, develop, and deploy scalable, reliable APIs on AWS (ECS).
  • Work extensively with core AWS services, including ECS, Lambda, SNS, and DynamoDB.
  • Build, test, and deploy applications via CI/CD pipelines to ensure automated delivery.
  • Utilize AI-powered developer tools (such as GitHub Copilot) to accelerate delivery and code quality.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure and application performance issues.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
  • AWS Services: Hands-on experience with AWS ECS, Lambda, SNS, and DynamoDB.
  • Programming & Data: Proficient in Python with strong PySpark experience for data pipeline investigation and processing.
  • Databases & Modeling: Solid understanding of SQL, data modeling concepts, and SCD (Type 1 & Type 2).
  • API & Cloud Deployment: Proven experience building and deploying APIs on AWS / ECS.
  • DevOps: Working knowledge of CI/CD processes and pipelines.
  • AI Tooling: Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (GitHub Copilot, etc.).
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  • Data Engineering, Pyspark, Databricks, LLM, Python, Gen AI
  • The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience across core AWS services, a solid background in Python, PySpark, SQL, and data modeling, along with proficiency in leveraging AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to enhance engineering productivity.
Rate: $50 - 70
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  • Dice Id: 10299352
  • Position Id: 26-04538
  • Posted 1 day ago
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