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Java Data Engineer

Date Posted: Feb 19, 2026

Job #1686131
Contract
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
55 - 65 per hour (USD)

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Java AWS Data Engineer for Wilmington, DE

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement models to transform complex, connected datasets into actionable business intelligence using graph analytics principles and technologies
  • Core JAVA development including wrapper classes to support object-oriented features
  • Write Java classes, build JARs, perform unit testing, and optimize code for performance
  • Create entity models based on raw data sources
  • Build data pipelines for ingestion and incremental updates
  • Build automated test suites
  • Validate data quality and investigate data discrepancies
  • Review complex requirements and translate them into software designs and solutions
  • Write optimized code to clean, transform, and analyze large datasets
  • Knowledge sharing through peer programming, group code reviews
  • Adhere to code standardization and team best practices
  • Collaborate with team members, technical peers and stakeholders
  • Test data solutions, monitoring jobs, and fixing issues
  • Document technical specs and processes
  • Operate in various development environments (Agile, Kanban, Waterfall)
  • All other duties as assigned.

Skills Required

  • Must Have -

    Spark for data handling

    Java 80% work

    AWS services using -

    Batch: EKS EMR ST for storage and store data in Arora

    MKS for streaming services

    SNS - SQS also for notifications

    Kafka- streaming in and out data out to customer

    NICE TO HAVES:

    Preferred / Ideal to have - Databricks
    Good to have - Bash, Control-M Python - terraform

Education & Work Experience

  • 10+ years of experience in related field

Title Java AWS Data Engineer

Location Wilmington, DE

Client Industry Fintech

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