Data Engineer II

Data Engineer II Job Details

• Posted: 16 January 2026
• Location: Charlotte, NC
• Job type: Permanent
• Reference: 990241

AWS Data Engineer II
Charlotte, NC - Hybrid/local candidates

• 2+ years of AWS experience
• AWS services: S3, EMR, Glue Jobs, Lambda, Athena, Cloud Trail, SNS, SQS, Cloud Watch, Step Functions
• Experience with Kafka, preferably Confluent Kafka
• Experience with Lake Formation, Amazon Redshift and Amazon Athena
• Strong SQL and data modeling skills, executing ETL processes tailored for data warehousing
• Competence in developing and refining data pipelines within AWS
• Extensive understanding of database management fundamentals
• Tools and
  
  Languages:
  
  Python (good experience in Pyspark), SQL
• Infrastructure as Code technology:
  Terraform
• Dev Ops pipeline (CI/CD):
  Git Hub
• Deep knowledge of IAM roles and Policies
• Experience with AWS workflow orchestration tool like Airflow or Step Functions

• Where applicable, collaborate with Lead Developers (Data Engineer, Software Engineer, Data Scientist, Technical Test Lead) to understand requirements/use cases to outline technical scope and deliver the technical solution
• Collaborate with Data and Solution architects on key technical decisions
• Skilled in developing data pipelines, focusing on long-term reliability and maintaining high data quality
• Design data warehousing solutions with the end-user in mind, ensuring ease of use without compromising on performance
• Manage and resolve issues in production data warehouse environments on AWS

• Ability to perform hands-on development and peer review for certain components/tech stack on the product
• Standing up of development instances and migration path (with required security, access/roles)
• Develop components and related processes (e.g., data pipelines and associated ETL processes, workflows)
• Ability to build new data pipelines, identify existing data gaps, and provide automated solutions to deliver analytical capabilities and enriched data to applications
• Ability to implement data pipelines with the right attentiveness to durability and data quality
• Implement data warehousing products thinking of the end user's experience (ease of use with the right performance)

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