Data Engineer
FocusKPI · New York City, New York, US
FocusKPI is looking for a Data Engineer to join our client's growing team and spearhead analyses, providing meaningful insights into their users and product.
Job description
FocusKPI is looking for a Data Engineer to join our client's growing team and spearhead analyses, providing meaningful insights into their users and product. Work Location: 100% remote and ideally able to work New York EST hours Duration: 5 months/ 40 hrs per week Pay Range: $45 - $55/hr Responsibilities: Qualifications: Spark, Scala, Python, DBT, Airflow, Kafka, AWS EMR, Hive, Redshift, Docker, Lambda, SNS, SQS, S3, Looker, DynamoDB, GitHub Actions, Terraform - Architect and scale modern data platforms on AWS — Design and build robust, scalable Spark-based ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows supporting batch and real-time use cases. - Own end-to-end data lifecycle management — From ingestion and transformation to modeling, orchestration, and serving layers. - Ensure data quality, governance, and reliability — Implement testing frameworks, observability, monitoring, lineage, and data validation practices. - Drive platform optimization and cost efficiency — Continuously improve performance, scalability, and cloud cost management across the data ecosystem. - Establish engineering best practices — CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, code reviews, documentation standards, and secure data h...