Lead Engineer, External Data Analytics (Contract)

Lead Engineer, External Data Analytics Client: Confidential, Technology, InfoSec and Infrastructure Location: Remote, United States Type: Full time On call: Yes, hypercare during peak administration periods Make real impact at scale. Join our client’s platform team to build and operate secure, cloud native analytics that deliver real time insights for high stakes programs and internal operations. You will lead end to end delivery across data ingestion, transformation, APIs, and intuitive dashboards that must perform under peak traffic. What you will do • Lead hands on design and development of scalable data architectures, real time telemetry pipelines, APIs, and high performance analytics dashboards • Embed observability, monitoring, and operational readiness across the stack with a focus on scalability, availability, and reliability • Partner with data ingestion, security, and operations to ensure data quality and integrity, then deliver dashboards that scale seamlessly for external and internal stakeholders • Provide technical leadership without people management, mentor engineers, and raise the bar for code quality, automation, and performance Must haves • 7 plus years building and operating scalable, cloud native applications, data pipelines, and analytics platforms in high availability environments • Front end experience with TypeScript and React for analytics dashboards and data driven UIs • Back end experience with Node.js with TypeScript preferred and Python for APIs, event driven services, and data processing • Deep data engineering experience across ingestion, transformation, and orchestration for real time and near real time workloads, including work with large data volumes • Machine learning and AI in production required, such as predictive models, anomaly detection, and trend insights, including deployment and monitoring experience • Cloud experience with AWS including serverless and Lambda • Security and governance experience including RBAC and secure access patterns • Observability experience with common monitoring and dashboarding tools • Strong communication, mission focus, and authorization to work in the United States Nice to have • Experience with SaaS or multi tenant analytics and familiarity with patterns that support isolation and horizontal scale Pay: Depending on experience nextSource is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure, and life experiences or for any other reason. nextSource is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talent@nextSource.com. What nextSource Provides: • Healthcare Benefits including Medical, Prescription, Vision & Dental Coverage | United Healthcare • Voluntary STD & LTD | New York Life • 401(k) Retirement Planning | Fidelity • Discount Program • You are Eligible to participate in the benefits program if you are considered a full-time employee of nextSource, working at least 30 hours per week on a consistent basis. Your coverage will be effective on the 1st of the month following 60 days of employment.