Senior Data Engineer

Jersey City, NJ
Date Posted:31-Aug-2026
Work Type:On-Site
Job Number:496631

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer
Location: Local to NJ (Hybrid mode preferred but we are open for remote too)
Duration: 12 Months
 
Job Description:
We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with strong Denodo experience to design, build, and maintain scalable virtualized data products and semantic-layer solutions. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data integration, virtualization, API enablement, and cloud-based ETL development.
This role will partner closely with Solution Architects, Tech Leads, AI Engineers, and Business SMEs to deliver trusted, governed, and AI-consumable data assets.
 
Key Responsibilities
Denodo Development
  • Develop and maintain layers of views;
  • Build virtualized data products using Denodo best practices.
  • Implement: Relationship, joins, standardization, transformations
  • Apply enterprise naming conventions and business metadata standards.
Data Engineering
  • Build and support ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS services.
  • Integrate data from multiple source systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and operational applications.
  • Support creation of canonical data models and semantic-layer entities.
  • Develop reusable data transformation components.
Performance Optimization
  • Optimize Denodo query performance.
  • Implement caching and accelerator strategies.
  • Tune joins, aggregations, and virtualized query execution.
  • Troubleshoot complex performance and integration issues.
 
Required Qualifications
  • 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of Denodo development experience.
  • Strong knowledge of:
  • Virtual Data Models
  • Data Integration
  • SQL
  • Data Warehousing
  • Dimensional Modeling
  • Experience with:
  • AWS Lambda
  • ETL/ELT development
  • APIs and Web Services
  • Data Product development
  • Experience implementing:
  • Join strategies
  • Aggregations
  • Union operations
  • Data standardization frameworks
 
Preferred Qualifications
Exposure to:
  • AI/Agent engineering ecosystems
  • LLMOps concepts
 

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $68.00/hr$70.00/hr.