

W2 Only :: Data Engineer
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This role is for a Data Engineer in Princeton, NJ, with a long-term contract and competitive pay. Requires 5+ years of experience in AWS Cloud Services, ETL processes, Databricks, and strong SQL skills. A degree in Computer Science or related field is essential.
π - Country
United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
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ποΈ - Date discovered
June 18, 2025
π - Project duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location type
On-site
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π - Contract type
W2 Contractor
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π - Security clearance
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
Princeton, NJ
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Data Quality #Athena #Scala #Cloud #Computer Science #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Logging #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Data Warehouse #Data Lake #Apache Airflow #Data Ingestion #Spark (Apache Spark) #Airflow #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Migration #Data Engineering #Redshift #Talend #AWS Glue #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Data Science #DMS (Data Migration Service) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Monitoring #Data Pipeline #Data Governance #Data Processing #Compliance #Security #Apache Spark #Data Modeling #AWS DMS (AWS Database Migration Service) #Informatica #Python #Databricks #Data Migration #PySpark #Programming
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Role :: Data Engineer
Location :: Princeton, NJ (Onsite)
Duration :: Long terms
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our team and lead the design, development, and maintenance of robust data pipelines in a cloud-first environment. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS Cloud Services, ETL processes, Databricks, and data migration tools such as AWS DMS. You will play a critical role in ensuring the availability, reliability, and performance of enterprise data solutions.
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Key Responsibilities:
β’ Design, develop, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing.
β’ Build and maintain data lake and warehouse solutions using tools like Databricks, AWS Glue, Athena, Redshift, and S3.
β’ Manage data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration across multiple data sources using AWS DMS, Apache Airflow, and similar tools.
β’ Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver actionable data products.
β’ Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for data pipelines to ensure data quality and reliability.
β’ Support data migration and integration efforts from on-premise to AWS Cloud.
β’ Optimize performance and cost-efficiency of cloud-based data workflows.
β’ Ensure best practices in data governance, security, and compliance.
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Required Skills & Qualifications:
β’ Bachelor's or Masterβs degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
β’ 5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering.
β’ Strong experience with AWS Cloud Services (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, EMR, DMS).
β’ Expertise in ETL tools and frameworks such as AWS Glue, Informatica, Talend, or custom Spark-based solutions.
β’ Hands-on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark (PySpark/Scala).
β’ Experience designing and building data pipelines in a cloud-native environment.
β’ Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (Python, Scala).
β’ Experience with data modeling, performance tuning, and large-scale data processing.
β’ Familiarity with data lake, data warehouse, and streaming architecture is a plus.