AWS Data Engineer

Polar IT Services • Greenwood Village, CO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are partnering with a leading enterprise client to hire a Senior Data Engineer for a contract opportunity supporting a large-scale mobile data platform. This role sits within a data architecture team responsible for designing and evolving high-volume data systems that power critical business insights. The team is currently supporting a high-priority strategic initiative, creating the need for an experienced engineer to own and stabilize core platform responsibilities. This is a hands-on opportunity with meaningful ownership and architectural exposure. You will take ownership of day-to-day data engineering responsibilities within a large-scale batch processing ecosystem.

Requirements

• AWS ecosystem (S3, Athena, Spark)
• Large-scale batch processing (non-real time)
• 150 critical daily data transformations feeding downstream systems
• Daily reliability is essential, as downstream tools and stakeholders depend on consistent data delivery

Nice To Haves

• ~300 Spark-based batch jobs
• Heavy SQL-based transformations

Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure reliability and accuracy of ETL processes
• Improve and automate data pipeline monitoring
• Maintain and enhance Spark and SQL-based transformations
• Design and implement new data integrations
• Optimize AWS jobs and storage for performance and cost efficiency
• Contribute to data architecture standards and engineering best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed