What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Data Engineer position at Strategic Staffing Solutions?
Data Engineer
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid/Remote)
Work Setting: Preference for Hybrid but open to fully remote but they will be required to work 9 AM-5PM EST with the team. Limiting to candidates in CST and EST time zones.
Role Summary & Description:
The team is building modern, enterprise data platforms that make data easy to discover, understand, trust, and consume at scale. The Data Marketplace is a core capability in this vision, serving as the enterprise gateway for discovering data assets within the data enterprise.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong background related to our tech stack to build and operate the software, data, and metadata foundations of the Data Marketplace. This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on platform needs for scalable services, search and catalog capabilities, and enabling other experiences that improve how employees find and use data.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Python-based services, Lambda functions, and data pipelines.
- Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, following best practices for modularity, security, and maintainability.
- Build and operate AI/ML and search capabilities on Amazon OpenSearch, including vector search, semantic retrieval, and integration with LLM-driven workflows.
- Collaborate with data, platform, and security teams to deliver end-to-end solutions across AWS services (Lambda, API Gateway, Glue, S3, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC, etc.).
- Modernize Dynatrace alarming using Terraform and Python
- Champion code quality through reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and observability.
- Mentor junior engineers, share best practices, and contribute to architectural decisions and technical standards.
- Be able to think unconventionally to find the best way to solve for a defined use case with fuzzy requirements.
- Self-starter mentality. Willing to do their own research to solve problems and can clearly present findings and engage in conversation on what makes one solution better than another.
Must-Have Tech Stack:
- 5 years of professional software development experience and must be able to code.
- Python: strong proficiency, including type hints, testing (unittest/pytest), and packaging
- Terraform specifically for Infrastructure as Code related to AWS
- GitHub
- Confluence
- Amazon OpenSearch: index design, query DSL, and vector/k-NN search
- AI/ML: embeddings, RAG patterns, foundation models, and ML model integration
- AWS services:
- DynamoDB
- Glue
- IAM
- S3
- API Gateway
- Lambda
Nice to Have:
- Collibra or experience integrating with enterprise data catalog or governance platforms
- Kafka or other event-driven architecture
- AWS services: Lake Formation