Lead Data Engineer
Company: Powerhouse Institute, Inc
Location: Fulton, MD 20759 (Remote)
Salary: $100,000 - $110,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-05-07
About this role
Description:
NOTE: This is a full-time employment opportunity (open to W2, 1099 or C2C, no third parties, please). The candidate MUST be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and able to complete/pass/hold a public trust investigation. This is a remote opportunity; candidate must be based in the United States; have resided in the US for the last 3 years of the past 5 years; ET time zone work schedule.
Daily Responsibilities
- The Lead Data Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ensuring efficient data ingestion, transformation, and processing across the platform.
- Design and implement data ingestion pipelines (API, batch, FHIR).
- Develop ETL/ELT processes using modern data engineering tools.
- Optimize data processing performance and scalability.
- Implement validation and monitoring mechanisms.
- Collaborate with architecture and analytics teams.
Requirements:
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must have resided in the United States for the past 3 years within the last 5 years.
- Must be able to complete/pass/hold at a minimum a federal public trust investigation.
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering.
- 5+ years working with big data tools (e.g., Spark, Databricks)
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms.
- Strong programming and data pipeline development skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
Our Comprehensive Employee Benefits Package Includes:
- 401(k) Retirement Plan (Employer Match)
- Health Insurance Plans (Medical, Rx, Dental, and Vision – Open Access)
- Long Term and Short-Term Disability (Company Paid Benefit)
- Life Insurance (Company Paid Benefit)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Holidays
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Discount Programs for Consumer Products and Wellness Services
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