TEKsystems · 11 hours ago
Data Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$115K/yr - $125K/yr
5+ years expTEKsystems is a leading provider of business and technology services, and they are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to shape and execute their enterprise data engineering strategy. The role involves designing scalable data solutions and providing technical leadership to ensure high-quality data delivery across the organization.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and API integrations to support increasing data volume and complexity
Translate business and product needs into technical solutions and delivery plans that provide frequent, high quality value
Contribute to engineering excellence through code reviews, hands on design, and adoption of best practices
Implement data quality, monitoring, and reliability processes to ensure trusted production data across the organization
Recommend and apply architectural patterns that enhance performance, scalability, and alignment with enterprise platforms
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related technical field
5+ years of coding experience with Microsoft SQL
3+ years working with big data technologies including but not limited to Databricks, Apache Spark, Python, Microsoft Azure (Data Factory, Dataflows, Azure Functions, Azure Service Bus) with a willingness and ability to learn new ones
Excellent understanding of engineering fundamentals: testing automation, code reviews, telemetry, iterative delivery and DevOps
Experience with polyglot storage architectures including relational, columnar, key-value, graph or equivalent
Expertise in working with Delta Lake, Parquet, and data lake storage patterns in ADLS
Experience delivering applications using componentized and distributed architectures using event driven patterns
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical, globally distributed audiences
Solid foundations in formal architecture, design patterns and best practices
Experience working with healthcare datasets
Very strong attention to detail
Application observability and monitoring tooling
Event-driven or streaming architectures (Kafka, EventBridge, Pub/Sub)
Proven experience building and supporting applications using componentized, microservices, or distributed architectures
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences in a globally distributed organization
Demonstrated knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and engineering best practices
Deep understanding of core engineering fundamentals including automated testing, CI/CD, code quality, observability, DevOps practices, and iterative delivery
Preferred
Relocation to Austin, Texas is highly preferred for the role. Candidates must either currently reside in the Austin area or be willing to relocate. Relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates
Exposure to AI-enabled development tools, code generation models, or ML-driven insights (e.g., Copilot, embedding models, vector search)
Benefits
Healthcare
Time off
Retirement
Well-being programs
Professional certification relevant to their field
Tuition reimbursement
Quarterly and annual incentive programs
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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