Data Engineer Job at Akaasa Technologies, Chicago, IL

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  • Akaasa Technologies
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

Data Engineer

Location: 3 days Hybrid in Chicago, IL

Duration: 6+ Month Contract

Interview: 2 video interviews and a final on-site

About:

Data Engineer with hands-on experience in PySpark, Databricks, and Azure data platforms to design, build, and support end-to-end data pipelines. The ideal candidate will develop and optimize data transformations, build production-grade Python components, and maintain cloud-native Azure environments while collaborating with application teams and ensuring high-quality, reliable data delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work with large-scale datasets, implement ETL/ELT best practices, optimize Databricks clusters, and leverage modern cloud technologies to support AI/ML initiatives.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).

Required Skills

Experience: 5+ years as a Data Engineer; 3+ years in ETL/ELT concepts, PySpark, and SQL.

SQL: Advanced querying, CTEs, views, joins, complex transformations, and performance tuning.

Python: 2+ years building production-quality modules, unit/integration testing, logging, and CI/CD integration.

Databricks: 1+ year working with notebooks, jobs, workflows, external/managed tables, Delta Lake, and basic cluster configuration.

Azure Data Factory (ADF): 1+ year creating and maintaining pipelines, including triggers, parameterisation, monitoring, and error handling.

Azure Cloud: Hands-on with ADLS Gen2, Azure SQL, Azure App Service, and general Azure portal/resource group operations.

Infrastructure as Code: Experience provisioning Azure resources with Pulumi.

ETL/ELT Concepts: Strong understanding of pipeline patterns, incremental loads, data validation, and troubleshooting.

Preferred Skills

Additional Skills (nice-to-have): R for data validation, TypeScript for Pulumi pipelines, Java/.NET for integration, Angular/Spring Boot for minor troubleshooting.

Job Tags

Contract work

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