Immediate need for a talented Lead / Sr. Data Engineer. This is a 06+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in McLean, VA or Richmond, VA (Hybrid ). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job ID: 25-76917 Pay Range: $70 - $80/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Responsibilities: • Collaborate with and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies • Work with a team of developers with deep experience in machine learning, distributed microservices, and full stack systems • Utilize programming languages like Java, Scala, Python and Open Source RDBMS and NoSQL databases and Cloud based data warehousing services such as Redshift and Snowflake • Share your passion for staying on top of tech trends, experimenting with and learning new technologies, participating in internal & external technology communities, and mentoring other members of the engineering community • Collaborate with digital product managers, and deliver robust cloud-based solutions that drive powerful experiences to help millions of Americans achieve financial empowerment • Perform unit tests and conduct reviews with other team members to make sure your code is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for performance. Key Requirements and Technology Experience: • Key Skills; Python /Java/ Scala, PySpark/ Spark , SQL, AWS (EMR, EC2, Glue, Lambda, S3) • 5+ years of experience in application development including Python, SQL, Scala, or Java • 2+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) • 3+ years experience with Distributed data/computing tools (MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL) • 2+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications • 2+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation (Mongo, Cassandra) • 2+ years of data warehousing experience (Redshift or Snowflake) • 3+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting • 2+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices. Our client is a leading financial Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. By applying to our jobs you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Pyramid Consulting, Inc. and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here.