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Atlantic Partners

Data Engineer: III (Senior)

Atlantic Partners, Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States

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Job Description Our client is seeking Senior Data Engineers with deep expertise in building scalable, cloud-native data platforms on AWS. This is a hands‑on engineering role focused on designing and implementing modern lakehouse architectures using AWS managed services, Open Table formats (Iceberg), and compute running in our EKS/Argo Workflows environments.

Team Culture/ Work Environment

4-5 data teams

All teams run through SAFe

Sprints/deliverables

Highly collaborative

Fast pace

Most of the team is hybrid

Culture of ownership and initiative

Key Projects

Data systems to the cloud

Daily Responsibilities

Advanced Python Engineering Skills

Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks

Experience with modular, testable code and production‑grade pipelines

Not a SQL‑heavy DBA or analyst role—this is a software engineering role

AWS Lakehouse Architecture Expertise

Proven experience designing and implementing lakehouse architectures on AWS

Familiarity with key AWS services: S3, Glue, Athena, Glue Data Catalog, Lake Formation, QuickSight, CloudWatch, etc.

Experience with QuickSight (preferred), Tableau or Cognos

ETL Pipeline Development

Bonus: Experience with EKS‑based orchestration using EMR on EKS or Argo Workflows

Open Table Formats

Deep understanding of Apache Iceberg (preferred), Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi

Experience implementing time‑travel, schema evolution, and partitioning strategies

Medallion Architecture Implementation

Experience designing and implementing Bronze → Silver → Gold data layers

Understanding of ingestion, transformation, and curation best practices

Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 2)

Solid grasp of SCD2 semantics and implementation strategies in distributed data systems

Strong communication and documentation skills

Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross‑functional teams including tech leads, architects, and product managers

Degree or Certification Required

None

Years of Experience

4-5 years within data engineering / AWS

Nice to Haves

Experience with DataOps practices and CI/CD for data pipelines

Familiarity with Terraform or CloudFormation for infrastructure‑as‑code

Exposure to data quality frameworks like Deequ or Great Expectations

Undergraduate degree

Iceberg on AWS

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