Top Data Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

The Principal Data Engineer designs and maintains scalable data systems, evaluates new technologies, mentors junior engineers, and leads data engineering initiatives in agile environments.

Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Databricks and cloud platforms. Implement data quality checks, monitor and troubleshoot jobs, audit pipelines for compliance, and collaborate with analysts and business stakeholders to define data models and support reporting.

Analyze, trace, reconcile, and migrate insurance policy data from legacy systems into a modern policy platform. Build source-to-target mappings and ETL transformations, perform data cleansing and validation, write complex SQL, use cloud databases (AWS RDS/S3), and collaborate with stakeholders using GitHub and Agile tools. Heavy daily use of AI tooling; mentorship provided throughout migration lifecycle.

Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and Lakehouse solutions; ingest and transform diverse data formats; optimize Databricks and SQL Server environments; implement data quality, lineage, and governance; support batch and streaming ingestion; collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to enable analytics (fraud/anomaly detection, financial oversight); troubleshoot and improve pipelines. Candidates must be willing to undergo a U.S. government background investigation.

The role involves architecting and improving data systems, defining governance standards, optimizing performance, and mentoring engineers in data engineering.

Lead the evolution of data platform by designing scalable pipelines, improving data processes, mentoring teams, and modernizing data architecture.

The DMS Data Engineer is responsible for analyzing raw data, building data systems and pipelines, conducting complex data analyses, and collaborating on projects to enhance data quality and reliability.

Lead design and development of web UI and REST middleware within an Agile team. Define requirements and acceptance criteria, implement Java/Spring and Angular solutions, build CI/CD pipelines, work with Product Owner and testers, and produce/update design documentation.

The Data Engineer will develop and maintain data pipelines, build data models, ensure data quality, and support cross-functional teams while improving internal data platform infrastructure and documentation.

Design, build, and maintain end-to-end batch and streaming data pipelines; develop ETL/ELT workflows and modular Python code; write and optimize SQL; implement analytics data models; monitor data quality, troubleshoot failures, and document pipelines; collaborate with stakeholders and mentor teammates. Remote role for candidates based in Latin America.

As a Data Engineer, you will develop and manage data pipelines, ensuring reliable data ingestion and delivery while optimizing for simplicity and performance.

Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines on Databricks and AWS S3; manage large geospatial and temporal datasets; productionize ML models; implement data validation, testing, and monitoring; optimize storage and processing; document workflows; collaborate cross-functionally.

We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and optimize scalable data pipelines. Strong experience in Databricks, PySpark, and data warehouse concepts is required.

Design, build, and maintain ETL pipelines, databases, and data models to process healthcare claims and related data. Ensure data quality, analyze claims data for trends, and produce reports and visualizations for nontechnical stakeholders. Collaborate with policy and analytics teams to translate requirements into data solutions and improve data infrastructure and analytics capabilities.

Design, build, and own Sardine's internal data platform and billing infrastructure. Implement and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines, warehouse partitioning, access controls, and data governance. Partner with stakeholders to define KPIs, produce dashboards, and ensure data quality for executive, GTM, product, and finance teams.

Hands-on data and integration engineer responsible for building, supporting, and automating Canoe-related workflows and integrations. Develop and maintain data pipelines, SQL queries, validations, reconciliations, and monitoring to deliver alternative investment data to Snowflake, Addepar, reporting tools, and downstream systems. Troubleshoot data quality issues, support production feeds, manage exceptions, document mappings and runbooks, and collaborate with investment, reporting, technology, and vendor teams. Hybrid role requiring Baltimore office presence three days per week.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain large-scale analytics solutions and ETL pipelines. Implement real-time streaming and batch processing, optimize SQL and data flows, ensure data quality, contribute to dev-ops and QA, cross-train team members, and participate in community and best-practice activities.

Design, build, deploy and maintain large-scale analytics and ETL solutions. Manage data ingestion, real-time streaming and batch processing across data stores, tune SQL and data flows, ensure quality, performance and maintainability, participate in QA/devops, cross-train team members, and contribute to community and best practices.

Design, build, and optimize scalable cloud data pipelines and infrastructure. Maintain and refactor SQL and ETL processes, automate data workflows, ensure data quality/security, and troubleshoot complex issues. Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements.

Design, build, and operate scalable data transformation pipelines and dimensional models using dbt, SQL, and AWS. Implement infrastructure-as-code (AWS CDK), CI/CD, and query performance optimizations while ensuring data quality, governance, and collaboration with cross-functional and offshore teams.

Lead Data Engineer builds and maintains scalable data pipelines and lakehouse/warehouse platforms (Databricks) to support analytics, BI, reporting, and AI. Responsibilities include data modeling, ETL/ELT, medallion architecture, orchestration and monitoring (Airflow/Cron), performance tuning, CDC/incremental loads, data quality, and leading/mentoring a team while collaborating with stakeholders and maintaining documentation.

Own and build scalable ELT pipelines and event-driven ingestion in AWS, using Dagster for orchestration. Implement IaC (Terraform), data quality, lineage, monitoring, and troubleshoot cross-system issues while partnering with analytics and product teams to ensure downstream analytical correctness.

Design and implement data federation and lakehouse architectures, build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines with Python and Spark, optimize performance across federated queries, manage Delta/Iceberg/Hudi tables, and enforce governance, security, and access controls for analytics and AI teams.

Design, build, test, and maintain high-performance Python data applications and backend services. Lead technical design, review code, mentor junior engineers, integrate with databases and cloud services, optimize performance, and ensure security, scalability, and reliability.

Design, develop, maintain, and optimize enterprise Tableau dashboards and BI solutions. Integrate and cleanse data from Oracle/Sybase/Big Data, tune SQL, automate Tableau extracts, manage Tableau Server on Linux, support testing, UAT, deployments, and troubleshoot data integrity and performance issues.