Data Engineer/Software Engineer

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Job Description:

Join Us in Powering the Future of AI within Cyberspace

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help build and optimize the backbone of advanced AI systems. This role offers an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI integration projects, developing high-performance data pipelines, ensuring seamless data flow, and enabling AI-driven decision-making. If you enjoy solving complex data challenges and collaborating with top-tier data scientists and software engineers, this is the role for you.

Job Description

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines that support AI-driven analytical systems. This position involves developing and managing data models, automating ETL processes, optimizing data indexing and retrieval, and working closely with AI/ML teams to structure and store data effectively. The ideal candidate will have experience with Postgres (UDFs, SQL Triggers), Spark, Ray, ElasticSearch, Python, AWS S3, and structured data formats (Parquet, Avro, JSON Schema).

This hybrid role requires candidates to be local to Maryland, Northern Virginia, or the DC Metro area for occasional on-site collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

Technical Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Security Clearance Requirement

Minimum Clearance Required To Start:

Top Secret

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $100,900.00 - $176,600.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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