Data Platform Engineer
MPR Associates, Inc. · Alexandria, VA · 9 mo ago
EngineeringFull-time
General Job Description
Join our engineering team as a Data Platform Engineer where you'll build robust data processing applications and analytics solutions. We're looking for someone who thrives at the intersection of software engineering, data engineering, and real-world implementations, creating scalable systems that transform raw data into actionable insights.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering Discipline.
- Two (2) or more years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in C# and Python.
- Understanding of database systems and data modeling concepts.
- Comfortable working with both structured and unstructured data.
- Strong problem-solving skills for both performance and scalability challenges.
- Experience building data processing pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows preferred.
- Hands-on experience with AWS data services and cloud architecture preferred.
- Familiarity with data visualization platforms and reporting systems preferred.
- Experience building production applications that process significant volumes.
- Experience building user-facing applications with data backends preferred.
- Proficiency in C++ preferred.
Skills
- The ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies while multitasking.
- Ability and interest to stretch beyond current experiences and into new areas of software engineering.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams.
- Exceptional time and project management skills.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Persistent, questioning attitude and ability to accept that in others.
- Motivated to expand skills and knowledge, as well as tackle new problem and take on new responsibilities.
- Ability to participate in multiple projects and project teams concurrently.