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Lead AWS Data Engineer

Tekgence Inc
Chicago, IL Contractor
POSTED ON 4/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026

12 years of experience in data engineering and AWS data architecture.

Architect ingestion pipelines for streaming and event-based data (IoT telemetry).

Strong expertise with AWS Glue, Redshift, S3, Lake Formation, Aurora (Postgres/MySQL).

Proven experience building APIs or exposing curated datasets for web applications (preferably React or similar front-end frameworks).

Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.

Experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT frameworks, and performance optimization.

Working knowledge of Terraform/CloudFormation and CI/CD practices.

Note: Need to attend the in-person interview at Chicago, IL

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