540

540 is a government-trusted tech consulting firm that breaks barriers to innovation and delivers impactful solutions like start-ups.

Internet Software & Services

Information Technology

51-250 (90)

Founded 2013

6 open positions

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Data Engineer

5 hours, 56 minutes ago

United States

Full-time

Mid Level

Data Engineer

Software Development

Apache Airflow Apache Spark AWS CI/CD Databricks Git GitLab Python REST API SQL

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540

540 is a government-trusted tech consulting firm that breaks barriers to innovation and delivers impactful solutions like start-ups.

Internet Software & Services

51-250

Founded 2013

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Description

Design, develop, and maintain scalable production-ready data pipelines in Databricks using Spark, Python, and SQL.
Integrate and transform diverse health, financial, and operational datasets into reusable data products.
Develop data models and analytics datasets for enterprise reporting and operational decision-making.
Build and maintain API-based integrations for data ingestion and exchange across systems.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize scheduled workflows and production pipelines.
Implement data validation, quality checks, lineage, and governance practices.
Contribute to automated testing, code reviews, technical documentation, and reusable engineering patterns.
Collaborate with engineers, architects, analysts, and customer stakeholders to translate data needs into technical solutions.

Requirements

3+ years of data engineering, software engineering, or related technical experience.
Strong proficiency with Python and SQL.
Experience with Apache Spark or similar distributed data-processing frameworks.
Experience with Databricks or a similar modern data platform.
Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
Working knowledge of data modeling and transforming raw data into reusable analytics datasets or data products.
Experience integrating or consuming data through REST APIs.
Experience troubleshooting and optimizing data pipelines for performance and reliability.
Familiarity with data validation, quality, governance, security, privacy, and compliance considerations.
Experience with Git-based development workflows and modern software engineering practices.
Comfort working in terminal and command-line environments.
Strong communication skills and experience working with customers or stakeholders to understand and resolve data needs.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, learn unfamiliar systems, and independently drive assigned work toward resolution.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (preferred).
U.S. citizenship and an active DoW Secret clearance or higher are required.
AWS cloud experience (preferred).
Experience working with very large datasets, including billions of records (preferred).
Experience with Palantir Foundry (preferred).
Experience with Advana or similar DoW data environments (preferred).
Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment workflows (preferred).
Experience working with federal health, financial, or other regulated and sensitive data (preferred).
Experience using AI-assisted development tools for engineering, testing, documentation, and debugging (preferred).

Benefits

Flexible PTO plus all federal holidays off.
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
401(k) with employer match.
Company-sponsored life insurance plus short- and long-term disability coverage.
Professional development support for training, certifications, and conferences.
Paid cloud developer accounts.
Referral bonuses.
HQ office perks including parking or metro reimbursement, nitro coffee, and lunches.
Annual social events and access to Washington Capitals and Nationals tickets.

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