Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

Architects, deploys, and operates scalable data platform infrastructure supporting analytics. Responsibilities include administering Airflow and Superset, managing Terraform infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, implementing security and compliance controls, developing dbt data models, cataloging assets in OpenMetadata, automating with Python, and mentoring engineers. The role requires extensive infrastructure and data engineering experience, cloud expertise, container orchestration, and eligibility for CJIS clearance.

Designs scalable data architectures, ELT/ETL pipelines, data models, quality frameworks, and self-service data platforms. Partners with engineering, product, program, leadership, and data science teams to translate business needs into technical solutions. The role includes end-to-end technical ownership, large-scale batch and streaming data processing, mentoring junior engineers, system optimization, and on-call support for platform stability.

The AVP, Data Engineer will design and build data ingestion, transformation, and replication pipelines using SQL, Python, dbt, and Dagster. Responsibilities include translating requirements into technical designs, developing data products, debugging production issues, supporting testing, and improving data engineering practices. The role also involves data modeling, mentoring junior engineers, conducting code reviews, and providing technical leadership while remaining hands-on. Experience with modern data platforms, workflow orchestration, cloud ecosystems, and insurance or financial services is preferred.

Design, build, and operate scalable batch and streaming data pipelines, lakehouse and warehouse models, and data services. Own datasets end to end, improve Snowflake, Iceberg, Spark, and Flink performance and reliability, implement governance and observability, and support graph-serving data models. Partner with product and engineering teams, participate in on-call, review code and designs, and mentor junior engineers.

Designs and optimizes Power BI dashboards, semantic models, datasets, DAX measures, and reporting solutions for identity governance and administration analytics. Partners with ETL engineers and stakeholders to validate Parquet data from Azure Synapse and SailPoint sources, establish data-quality checks, monitor refreshes, define KPIs, and document data lineage. Supports compliance reporting, access governance, audit readiness, certification metrics, and Zero Trust analytics.

Own data pipelines into and out of the warehouse, dbt models, data integrity, governance, identity resolution, reverse ETL, and quality monitoring across growth, lifecycle, and brokerage data. Partner with product, marketing, and operations teams to establish data contracts, ensure accurate and timely business metrics, and support regulated financial data requirements.

Architects, deploys, and operates scalable data platform infrastructure supporting analytics. Responsibilities include administering Airflow and Superset, managing Terraform infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, enforcing security and compliance, developing DBT data models, cataloging assets in OpenMetadata, writing Python automation, and mentoring engineers. The role requires extensive infrastructure and data engineering experience across cloud platforms, containers, data security, and workflow orchestration.

Designs and maintains scalable data pipelines, integration frameworks, databases, APIs, and enterprise data platforms. Develops data models and processing capabilities while ensuring quality, lineage, provenance, governance, security, and lifecycle management. Monitors performance, supports recovery and reconciliation, improves automation and reliability, and documents data standards and implementation guidance. Collaborates with engineering, analytics, and operational teams to deliver trusted data assets.

Design and build scalable data infrastructure, including lakehouse architecture, ClickHouse deployments, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data models connecting Postgres with analytics systems. Establish data quality, observability, performance, cost, and reliability standards. Collaborate with product and engineering teams, define data contracts and specifications, support real-time analytics, and use AI-assisted coding and LLMs to accelerate pipeline development and transformation.

Lead design and implementation of data infrastructure, pipelines, and warehouses using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Snowflake. Manage data modeling, quality, security, and analytics frameworks. Lead client accounts, mentor teams, and drive innovation to deliver data-driven business insights.

Lead design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure, pipelines, and transformations using cloud platforms. Build and optimize data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks), orchestrate workflows (Airflow, Hadoop), ensure data quality and security, and coach teams to deliver analytics solutions that drive tax practice insights and client outcomes.

Design and build data infrastructure, pipelines, and transformations using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Snowflake. Develop data architecture and modeling, maintain data lakes/warehouses, ensure data quality and security, optimize performance, and collaborate with clients to deliver tailored data solutions and governance.

Staff Data Engineer responsible for setting technical direction, architecting scalable data platforms, leading cross-functional initiatives, improving reliability and performance, and enabling AI-assisted analytics and development. The role includes hands-on development with Python, SQL, cloud data warehouses, orchestration, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, Kafka, and streaming pipelines, along with mentoring, technical advocacy, documentation, code reviews, and on-call troubleshooting.

Data Engineer II will modernize BlueLabs’ data platform by leading Kimball dimensional modeling and legacy warehouse migrations, building reliable production data pipelines, and enforcing data quality standards. The role requires advanced SQL, Python, and dbt expertise, hands-on Snowflake and Redshift experience, and ownership of testing, documentation, observability, and scalable architecture. The engineer will collaborate cross-functionally, guide Data Engineer I team members, contribute to architectural decisions, and translate business logic into maintainable, cloud-agnostic data layers.

Designs, builds, and optimizes scalable data pipelines, ETL workflows, integrations, and reporting solutions. Develops SQL, Python, and Spark data-processing solutions using Azure Data Factory and Microsoft Fabric, while monitoring production reliability and performance. Collaborates with stakeholders, participates in code reviews, documents technical solutions, mentors junior engineers, and improves engineering practices. Requires strong data modeling, cloud data platform, Git, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Builds and operates scalable Azure data pipelines, storage, datasets, and data products for analytics and operational insights. Responsibilities include Azure Data Factory development, Blob Storage and Azure SQL optimization, dimensional and Data Vault modeling, data quality and governance, security, monitoring, troubleshooting, CI/CD, and performance optimization. Collaborates with analytics, product, and operations teams to deliver reliable, documented data solutions. Desired experience includes Synapse, Fabric, Power BI, streaming technologies, infrastructure as code, and data cataloging.

Build and deliver Azure and Microsoft Fabric data solutions for clients. Responsibilities include developing data pipelines with Azure Databricks, Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, and Fabric; writing SQL, Python, and PySpark; supporting data integration, testing, deployments, troubleshooting, CI/CD, and infrastructure management. The role involves consulting with client stakeholders, collaborating with architects and developers, and delivering modern data platforms and reporting solutions.

Design and maintain Snowflake-based data platforms, cloud-native data lakes, and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for asset-backed finance analytics. Orchestrate workflows with Dagster and AWS services, ensure data reconciliation and integrity, and support migration from legacy systems. Contribute to project planning, Jira backlog management, testing, cutover planning, and cross-functional go-live readiness.

Design and maintain Snowflake data pipelines and data lake architectures for asset-based finance analytics. Develop ETL/ELT workflows, validate and reconcile financial data, migrate legacy systems, and translate quantitative finance logic into scalable architectures. Support project execution through requirements breakdown, planning, testing, cutover, and go-live readiness. Collaborate across engineering, quantitative analytics, and stakeholder teams.

Design, build, and maintain scalable batch and streaming data pipelines using Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL, Spark, and Delta Lake. Develop transformations, orchestration workflows, data models, validation processes, and curated data products. Troubleshoot performance and quality issues, apply governance and security practices, document solutions, and collaborate with architects, data scientists, DevOps teams, analysts, and clients.

Leads the design, development, and optimization of scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms. Builds ETL/ELT workflows using Databricks and Spark, integrates and transforms source data into curated models, manages SQL Server data, and maintains documentation and lineage. Collaborates with product, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver reliable data solutions. Applies responsible AI practices and delivers projects independently within established timelines.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable batch and streaming data pipelines across AWS and GCP. Develops ETL/ELT workflows using Python, PySpark, and advanced SQL; optimizes performance, storage, and query execution; implements data quality and governance controls; and supports data lakes, warehouses, and ML workflows. Collaborates with data scientists and ML engineers on MLOps automation and production deployments while maintaining CI/CD, Docker, infrastructure standards, and technical documentation.

Build and operate a Kubernetes-based data platform spanning lakehouse storage, ingestion, transformation, entity resolution, lineage, and data quality. Develop batch and streaming pipelines across heterogeneous and disconnected environments, create full-stack tools for subject matter experts, and expose documented APIs for applications and AI agents. Collaborate with product, AI/ML, infrastructure, mission partners, and field teams while mentoring engineers and supporting secure, air-gapped deployments.

Develop and maintain data transformation pipelines, data models, dashboards, visualizations, and self-service analytics tools. Clean, validate, and analyze complex datasets; translate business needs into technical solutions and actionable insights; document workflows; and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders. The role requires Kibana expertise, strong ETL and data pipeline knowledge, collaboration skills, an active TS/SCI clearance, and Security+ certification.

Own and evolve UJET’s data platform, including MySQL CDC replication to BigQuery, dbt transformations, Terraform infrastructure, pipelines, data quality, observability, and Looker models. Build reliable, analytics-ready datasets and trusted metrics for internal and customer-facing reporting. Partner with Analytics, Finance, Product, and Engineering to deliver scalable data solutions, improve platform reliability, optimize performance and costs, and establish development standards and guardrails.