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Posted June 16, 2026
Robert Half

Data Engineer

Robert Half
Atlanta, GA 30309, US Full Time
Compensation: $95 to $110 Yearly

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Seeking a Data Engineer to build and optimize scalable data pipelines and platforms supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

 

Responsibilities

  • Build ETL/ELT pipelines (batch & streaming)
  • Design scalable data architectures (Lakehouse, warehouse)
  • Ensure data quality, governance, and security
  • Optimize performance, cost, and reliability
  • Partner with analytics, BI, and engineering teams

Qualifications:

Skills

Data Platforms

  • Apache Spark (DataFrames, SQL, RDDs, streaming, tuning, Catalyst/Tungsten)
  • Delta Lake (ACID, MERGE, OPTIMIZE, Z-ORDER, CDC, time travel)
  • Databricks SQL (queries, views, UDFs)
  • Delta Live Tables (DLT), Jobs, Workflows

Architecture & Ingestion

  • Lakehouse (Medallion, partitioning, clustering, data contracts)
  • Auto Loader / Lakeflow (batch & streaming ingestion, CDC)
  • Unity Catalog (governance, access control)

Core Data Engineering

  • Advanced SQL & data modeling (dimensional, Data Vault)
  • ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Data quality & monitoring
  • Cloud platforms (storage, compute, IAM)
  • Data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)

Programming & DevOps

  • Python / PySpark
  • Scala (nice to have)
  • CI/CD, Git, automation

Nice to Have

  • Delta Sharing
  • Performance & cost optimization
  • Security & compliance (RBAC, encryption, audit logs)
  • BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)



Compensation

$95,000.00-$110,000.00 Yearly

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