Data Engineer-W2

Greetings from Skysoft! Position: Data Engineer Location: Bentonville, AR – Hybrid work 3/2 days Visa: USC or Green Card (ONLY) Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire Permanent Must Haves: • GCP • SPARK • Airflow • SQL • GCP Data services • AI/ML IS A super nice to have KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Design and build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, and GCP Dataflow • Develop and maintain Big Query data models, schemas, and performance-optimized SQL queries • Build and maintain data pipelines feeding AI/ML feature stores and forecasting models • Collaborate with AI Developers to ensure high-quality, low-latency data access for model training • Manage and optimize Cloud Composer DAGs and pipeline orchestration • Implement data quality monitoring, alerting, and lineage tracking • Participate in data platform architecture decisions and documentation REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • 3+ years (Intermediate) or 5+ years (Specialist) of data engineering experience • Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for pipeline orchestration • Proficiency in Apache Spark for large-scale data processing • Strong SQL skills including complex query optimization and Big Query-specific capabilities • Experience with GCP data services: Big Query, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Dataflow • Solid understanding of ETL/ELT patterns and data warehousing principles.