ELEKS · 17 hours ago
Senior/Expert Data Engineer
USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expELEKS is a custom software development company looking for a Senior/Expert Data Engineer to join their client’s team on-site in Washington, DC. The role involves diagnosing and resolving performance challenges in a large-scale, on-premises data platform, focusing on optimizing ingestion pipelines and overall platform architecture.
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Responsibilities
Assess current ingestion pipelines, database design, and overall platform architecture
Identify root causes of performance bottlenecks and scaling limitations
Recommend and implement architectural improvements (data modeling, ingestion patterns, queueing, compute/storage separation, etc.)
Optimize MongoDB usage for large-scale ingestion and query workloads
Review and improve Kubernetes, Helm, and worker orchestration patterns
Work closely with the engineering team to implement fixes and best practices
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience
Strong background in distributed systems and data platform architecture
Deep experience with MongoDB at a very large scale
Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized workloads
Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ingestion pipelines
Familiarity with task queues and worker-based ingestion models (e.g., Celery or similar)
Ability to troubleshoot complex, custom, on-prem environments
Benefits
Close cooperation with a customer
Challenging tasks
Competence development
Ability to influence project technologies
Team of professionals
Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy
Company
ELEKS
YOUR TECHNOLOGY PARTNER FOR SOFTWARE INNOVATION AND MARKET-LEADING SOLUTIONS
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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Fractional CMO | Growth Consultant for Tech Companies
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Chief Information Officer
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