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Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Location: Farmington Hills MI
Duration: Contract - 4 months
Pay Range: $75/hr to $85/hr (W2)
Job ID: 411881
About BCforward
BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our Wealth & Asset Management team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in designing, building, and supporting scalable and secure data platforms across structured and unstructured data and a proven ability to deliver performant ingestion, transformation, storage, integration, governance, and processing solutions for enterprise applications.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop scalable data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Build solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
- Develop reusable data-processing and transformation components using Python and SQL.
- Design and support data models using PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Amazon S3.
- Support document ingestion and extraction using Amazon Textract, where applicable.
- Prepare and transform data for application, search, analytics, and AI-enabled use cases.
- Support vector-based retrieval using PostgreSQL/pgvector, where required.
- Implement data quality, validation, reconciliation, metadata, lineage, retention, and governance controls.
- Implement secure data access and encryption for sensitive information.
- Optimize data pipelines and databases for performance, reliability, scalability, and cost.
- Implement monitoring and troubleshoot data-processing and integration issues.
- Collaborate with application, AI, DevOps, architecture, cybersecurity, and business teams.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Expertise in Python and SQL for data engineering.
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, and Amazon S3.
- Proven delivery of ETL/ELT pipelines and data-processing workflows.
- Proficiency with data modeling, APIs, JSON, Parquet, and pgvector.
- Strong knowledge of data quality, metadata, governance, security, and operational monitoring.
- Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments.
- Background supporting document-processing and AI-enabled data solutions.
- Experience level e.g., 8+ years in relevant roles.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with AWS-native data services and serverless patterns.
- Prior work in Agile/Scrum settings and CI/CD-driven data delivery.
Why BCforward?
At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Opportunities for growth with global clients.
- A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.
About Our Commitment
BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
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