Data Engineer

Who we are

US AI stands as a forward-thinking digital transformation enterprise, dedicated to enabling individuals to achieve remarkable feats through cutting-edge technology. As a leader in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Self-Healing Infrastructure, we are actively seeking top-tier talent to spearhead the commercialization of groundbreaking products and propel our business to new heights.

If you’re passionate about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the digital realm, then this is the place for you. Come work with us, and let’s redefine the future together.

About the Job

Are you looking to join a team leading digital transformation and extreme innovation? US AI is seeking a driven, ambitious Data Engineer to join our team. This role will have a deep understanding of data architecture, data engineering, data analysis, reporting, and a basic understanding of data science techniques and workflows. The person in this position must be deeply committed to facilitating a vigorous environment of high productivity, positivity, transparency, and shared commitment to the company’s goals and mission. This person must be highly dependable, with strong capacities to work independently. Members of the Data Team will be part of a nimble program and require the capacity to respond rapidly to evolving goals.

What you’ll do

• Ingest and aggregate data from both internal and external data sources to build our world-class datasets and make them ready for consumption by our data scientists and stakeholders.
• Build large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks.
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery.
• Help drive optimization, testing, and tooling to improve data quality.
• Collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, machine learning engineers, developers, and stakeholders, taking learning and leadership opportunities that will arise every single day.
• Work in cross functional agile teams to continuously experiment, iterate, and deliver on new product objectives.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
• Experience working with high volume heterogeneous data, preferably with tools such as Prefect, Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra, Cloudera, Databricks, MongoDB, EMR, RDS, and Redshift.
• Experience with one or more data processing frameworks, data modeling, data access, and data storage techniques.
• Experience with Data Warehouses and Data Lakes.
• Experience with data ingestion via API and/or web scraping/crawling at scale
• Experience with productivity applications such as GitLab, GitHub, and Asana
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

Required Skills / Certifications

• Strong skills and experience with SQL and NoSQL.
• Knowledge of data workflows and machine learning lifecycles

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• A technical Graduate degree or certification

Security clearance

• You must be able to obtain a security clearance (Secret or higher)

benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, paid time off, life insurance, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer matching, and opportunities for professional growth and career development.

You have the legal right to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. Qualified candidates must live in the United States, with the ability to commute to the North Bethesda, MD office. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. USAI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identification, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.