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Oddball

Data Engineer

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
100K-140K Annually
Entry level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in USA
100K-140K Annually
Entry level
Build and maintain data marts, materialized views, and ETL/ELT pipelines in an AWS-hosted data lake. Design and optimize data workflows, monitor infrastructure health and data quality, support PostgreSQL migrations, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure compliance with federal data security (FISMA/NIST 800-53).
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Oddball believes that we can bring change and improve the daily lives of millions by bringing quality software to the federal space. Our team is full of experienced engineering, product, and user experience professionals who love bringing scalable solutions to life as much as they love working with clients to solve problems. We value learning, growth, and the ability to make a big impact at a rapidly growing company.

We're looking for a Data Engineer to join our team, building and maintaining the data infrastructure that powers a cloud-based case management system for a major federal financial regulatory agency.

What you'll be doing:

  • Build and maintain data marts, materialized views, and data pipelines within an AWS hosted Data Lake environment
  • Design, build, and optimize data workflows and pipelines to support agency-wide analytics and reporting.
  • Monitor data infrastructure health, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and data quality issues.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and agency stakeholders to scale and support new data-driven initiatives.
  • Support compliance with federal data security requirements including FISMA and NIST 800-53.

What you’ll bring:

  • Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with large-scale data infrastructure (AWS).
  • Experience building and maintaining data marts, materialized views, or ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Familiarity with AWS data services and cloud-based data infrastructure
  • Experience maintaining and migrating relational database environments (PostgreSQL).
  • Experience maintaining structured and unstructured data
  • Understanding of data security and governance in federal environments.
  • Thrives in a remote, collaborative Agile environment and genuinely enjoys working closely with a cross-functional team.
  • Communicates clearly and openly, whether documenting data architectures or collaborating with engineers on integration design.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

  • Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. In alignment with federal contract requirements, certain roles may also require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and/or a security clearance.

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree

Benefits:

  • Fully remote
  • Tech & Education Stipend
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package
  • Company Match 401(k) plan
  • Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

Oddball is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Any applicant with a mental or physical disability who requires an accommodation during the application process should contact an Oddball HR representative to request such an accommodation by emailing [email protected]

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Compensation:

At Oddball, it’s important each employee is compensated competitively and fairly. In alignment with state legal requirements. A range for the included position is listed below. Be advised, actual offer details are determined by job category, job location, and candidate skill level.

United States Wage Range: $100,000 - $140,000

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