Data Engineer

540 is a forward-thinking technology company delivering impactful solutions for mission-critical government problems. The Data Engineer will support a federal health data modernization initiative by building scalable data pipelines, APIs, data models, and data products, while collaborating with technical teams and stakeholders to improve data integration, quality, and delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, production-ready data pipelines using Spark, Python, and SQL in a Databricks environment
• Integrate and transform diverse health, financial, and operational datasets into reliable, reusable data products
• Develop data models and analytics datasets that support enterprise reporting and operational decision-making
• Build and maintain API-based integrations for ingesting and exchanging data across systems
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize scheduled workflows and production pipelines for performance, reliability, and scalability
• Implement data validation, quality checks, lineage, and governance practices that improve trust in data products
• Contribute to automated testing, code reviews, technical documentation, and reusable engineering patterns
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, analysts, and customer stakeholders to translate data needs into practical technical solutions

Requirements:

• Remote within the continental United States
• Periodic travel may be required
• per client requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an active DoW Secret (or higher) clearance
• 3+ years of data engineering, software engineering, or related technical experience
• Strong proficiency with Python and SQL
• Experience with Apache Spark or similar distributed data-processing frameworks
• Experience working with Databricks or a similar modern data platform
• Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
• Working knowledge of data modeling and transforming raw data into reusable analytics datasets or data products
• Experience integrating or consuming data through REST APIs
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing data pipelines for performance and reliability
• Familiarity with data validation, quality, governance, security, privacy, and compliance considerations
• Experience with Git-based development workflows and modern software engineering practices
• Comfort working in terminal and command-line environments
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate routine engineering tasks, testing, documentation, and debugging
• Strong communication skills and experience working with customers or stakeholders to understand and resolve data needs
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, learn unfamiliar systems, and independently drive assigned work toward resolution
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (preferred)
• AWS cloud experience
• Experience working with very large datasets, including datasets containing billions of records
• Experience with Palantir Foundry
• Experience with Advana or similar DoW data environments
• Experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, or automated deployment workflows
• Experience working with federal health, financial, or other regulated and sensitive data