AWS Data Engineer

Job Title:AWS Data EngineerJob Type: FTE / ContractLocation: Remote USASalary: $170K/Year Full-Time OR $75/hr on Contract

We are looking for a highly skilled AWS Data Engineer with strong experience in PySpark, Apache Iceberg, and AWS-native data architectures. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise building scalable and high-performance data platforms handling millions of rows of data.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with PySpark
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg
• Experience with EMR + Glue
• Deep understanding of AWS native architecture
• Experience designing scalable and performant applications/data pipelines
• Knowledge of data lake and distributed processing concepts
• Experience handling large-scale datasets and optimization techniques

Good to Have:

• Exposure to Agentic Workflows
• Experience with modern AI/data engineering ecosystems

Responsibilities:

• Build and optimize scalable ETL/data pipelines using PySpark
• Design AWS-based data engineering solutions using EMR, Glue, S3, Iceberg, etc.
• Improve performance and scalability for large-scale data processing systems
• Collaborate with architects, analysts, and engineering teams on data initiatives
• Ensure reliability, monitoring, and best practices across data platforms

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• EMR + Glue
• Strong hands on with PySpark
• Strong hands-on with Iceberg
• Understand internals of AWS native architecture
• Worked with design principles handling millions of rows and building performant applications
• Good to have exposure to agentic workflows