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Sr. Data Engineer I (6436) at Metrostarsystems
MetrostarsystemsHybrid - Local to D.C. metro area·2h ago
SeniorFull-timePythonPostgreSQLAIML
Salary Range
$132,600 - $179,400 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Data Engineer to support a high-visibility, enterprise AI-enabled financial compliance initiative for the Department of War. This mission-critical program modernizes financial system compliance and audit workflows across 180+ DoW systems. You will engineer the data backbone powering AI-assisted validation, semantic search, and enterprise-scale governance.
Key Responsibilities
- →Design and maintain scalable data pipelines supporting AI-enabled compliance workflows
- →Build and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for large-scale document and financial datasets
- →Engineer ingestion pipelines across structured and unstructured data sources
- →Integrate relational databases and enterprise data systems into secure, production-grade AI architectures
- →Collaborate with AI/ML engineers, DevSecOps, cybersecurity specialists, financial SMEs, and UX teams within a regulated DoW environment
Requirements
- ✓Active Secret clearance required
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- ✓Minimum 5 years of data engineering professional experience
- ✓Experience supporting DoD environments preferred
- ✓Experience building and maintaining RAG pipelines including document ingestion, chunking, embedding, vector storage, and semantic search
- ✓Strong Python proficiency with disciplined typing, functional programming patterns, and async/concurrent execution for data-intensive workloads
- ✓Hands-on ETL experience across Excel, XML, YAML, Markdown, and relational databases such as PostgreSQL using SQLAlchemy and schema migrations
- ✓Familiarity with LLM integration patterns including prompt engineering, structured response parsing, caching strategies, and evaluation frameworks
Benefits
- ★Health, dental, and vision insurance
- ★401(k) retirement plan with company match
- ★Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- ★Parental Leave and dependent care
- ★Flexible work arrangements
- ★Professional development opportunities
- ★Employee assistance and wellness programs
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