Associate Data Engineer (6481)

About the role

As an Associate Data Engineer at MetroStar, you'll be responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data platforms that support advanced analytics and machine learning workloads. Your role involves leveraging Python, distributed data processing frameworks, and AWS services to ingest, transform, and manage structured and unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, and enrichment pipelines across multiple concurrent projects with varying data modalities (time-series sensor data, video, images, documents, and metadata).
• Develop and manage cloud-native data services including object storage workflows, vector database integration, and structured data warehousing to support multi-modal AI/ML systems.
• Work closely with AI/ML engineers to operationalize data pipelines that feed training, inference, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workloads in production.
• Establish data quality, lineage, and governance practices across projects that are maturing from prototype to product, bringing structure and repeatability to evolving data ecosystems.
• Support the processing and organization of unstructured data (video files, PDFs, technical manuals) into formats suitable for embedding generation, semantic search, and summarization.
• Present technical approaches and data architecture decisions to both technical teammates and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active US Government issued Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain one
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 0–2 years of experience in data engineering, data management, or database development
• Familiarity with relational databases, data modeling, and ETL processes
• Understanding of data quality principles and metadata management
• Ability to write and optimize SQL queries
• Exposure to data integration and interface management concepts

Qualifications

• Salary Range: $58,000 – $76,000
• The salary range for this position is determined based on qualifications, skills, and relevant experience. The final salary offered will be determined based on several factors including: The candidate's professional background and relevant work experience, the specific responsibilities of the role and organizational needs, internal equity, and alignment with current team compensation.
• This role is also eligible for additional compensation, subject to the terms and policies of MetroStar, which may include: Performance-based bonuses, Company-paid training and/or certifications, Referral bonuses.

Benefits

• All full-time employees are eligible to participate in our benefits programs: Health, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, Paid time off (PTO) and holidays, Parental Leave and dependent care, Flexible work arrangements, Professional development opportunities, Employee assistance and wellness programs.