AWS Data Engineer

Hybrid in Denver, CO, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago
Contract W2
Hybrid
Up to $60/hr
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Skills

  • Snowflake
  • Databricks
  • AWS

Summary

Job Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines using AWS Redshift, Databricks, and Snowflake

Ingest, transform, and curate data from multiple sources

Optimize solutions for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost

Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and observability for production pipelines

Perform root cause analysis on data incidents and pipeline failures, and implement preventive fixes to avoid recurrence

Data wrangling of heterogeneous data, exploration and discovery in pursuit of new business insights

Collaborate with analytics and business teams to deliver trusted datasets

Mentor other team members in their efforts to build data engineering skillsets

Assist team management in defining projects, including helping estimate, plan and scope work

Prepare and contribute to presentations required by management

Required Qualifications:

4+ years developing cloud solutions as a Data Engineer

Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Clear and concise verbal and written communication; ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people

Proven experience developing solutions with:

AWS (Redshift, S3, Step Functions, Eventbridge, CloudWatch)

Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, Unity Catalog)

Snowflake

Strong proficiency in SQL to write and optimize performance of large-scale analytics queries

Strong proficiency in Python for custom data processing

Familiarity with CI/CD, version control (Git), and automated testing for data pipelines

Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, or similar)

Solid understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modeling

Ability to write detailed and comprehensive testing documentation. Strong focus on code quality with the ability to design and execute thorough tests.

Ability to manage work across multiple projects, good organizational skills

Ability to quickly learn new technologies and understand data flows and business concepts.

Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently.

Proven track record of proactively identifying, performing root cause analysis on, and mitigating production data issues.

Ability to conduct effective code reviews.

Ability to interview without use of AI tools

At least 18 years of age

Legally authorized to work in the United States

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands-on experience integrating AI tools/solutions into data workflows to improve efficiency, automation, or developer productivity

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  • Dice Id: 10121431
  • Position Id: 8950719
  • Posted 2 days ago
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