Senior/Expert Data Engineer, TSCM-43200

Eleks

15d • Onsite

About The Position

ELEKS Software Engineering and Development Office is looking for a Senior/Expert Data Engineer to join our client's team on-site in Washington, DC, USA.

ABOUT PROJECT
The project focuses on diagnosing and resolving performance challenges in a large-scale, on-premises data platform.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience
• Strong background in distributed systems and data platform architecture
• Deep experience with MongoDB at a very large scale
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized workloads
• Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ingestion pipelines
• Familiarity with task queues and worker-based ingestion models (e.g., Celery or similar)
• Ability to troubleshoot complex, custom, on-prem environments

Responsibilities

• Assess current ingestion pipelines, database design, and overall platform architecture
• Identify root causes of performance bottlenecks and scaling limitations
• Recommend and implement architectural improvements (data modeling, ingestion patterns, queueing, compute/storage separation, etc.)
• Optimize MongoDB usage for large-scale ingestion and query workloads
• Review and improve Kubernetes, Helm, and worker orchestration patterns
• Work closely with the engineering team to implement fixes and best practices

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees