We are seeking an experienced Senior
AWS Data Engineer to lead and execute a large-scale migration from Matillion
ETL to a modern AWS-native data platform. The ideal candidate will possess
deep expertise in Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, AWS Lambda and Snowflake,
with a strong background in designing scalable data pipelines, cloud-based data
integration, workflow orchestration, and data warehouse modernization.
The candidate will work closely
with business stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to migrate
existing ETL workloads, optimize data processing frameworks, and establish best
practices for cloud-native data engineering.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead
the migration of existing Matillion ETL pipelines to AWS-native solutions.
- Participate
in Requirements Gathering and Analysis of existing data processing jobs.
- Design,
develop, and promote scalable data pipelines using AWS Glue and Apache
Airflow (AWS Service).
- Build
robust data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration frameworks on
AWS.
- Create
reusable and modular ETL/ELT components for enterprise data platforms.
- Data
modeling and warehousing concepts – must have
- Data
migration and modernization projects – good to have
- Implement
data quality, monitoring, alerting, security, governance, and compliance
standards.
- Collaborate
with data architects and business teams to understand migration
requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Optimize
data processing performance, cost, and scalability across AWS services.
- Participate
in CI/CD best practices and DevOps processes for data engineering
workflows.
- Perform
code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and drive engineering excellence.
Mandatory Skills
Core Technologies
- Apache
Airflow (DAG development, workflow orchestration, scheduling,
monitoring)
- AWS
Glue (ETL jobs, Glue Studio, Crawlers, Data Catalog, Spark-based
transformations)
- Snowflake (Data Warehousing, SnowSQL, Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks, Performance
Tuning)
- AWS Lambda
and Step Functions (preferred)
- Git
experience
Programming languages: Python,
SQL, Spark (must)
PySpark, Matillion, Shell
scripting (good to have)
Experience Requirements
- 8+
years of overall data engineering experience.
- 4+
years of hands-on experience with AWS data services.
- Proven
experience migrating ETL platforms such as Matillion, Informatica, Talend,
or DataStage to AWS-native architectures (Good to have).
- Strong
experience developing workflows in Apache Airflow.
- Extensive
experience building and optimizing AWS Glue jobs.
- Hands-on
experience with Snowflake administration and performance tuning.
- Strong
understanding of cloud architecture, scalability, deployments.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of overall data engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with AWS data services
- Strong experience developing workflows in Apache Airflow, including DAG development, orchestration, scheduling, and monitoring
- Extensive experience building and optimizing AWS Glue jobs
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake administration and performance tuning
- Data modeling and data warehousing concepts
- Python programming
- SQL programming
- Spark
- Git experience
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, scalability, and deployments
- Experience migrating ETL platforms such as Matillion, Informatica, Talend, or DataStage to AWS-native architectures
- AWS Lambda and Step Functions
- PySpark
- Matillion
- Shell scripting
What We Do
Facctum is a compliance-technology company that helps financial institutions manage financial-crime risk. Its software provides watchlist management, customer and payment screening, transaction monitoring, alert adjudication, and related due-diligence capabilities. Using machine learning, dynamic screening, and data-centric tooling, Facctum aims to improve detection, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and customer experience across complex financial-services environments through configurable, scalable platforms designed for regulated organizations worldwide.
