Data Engineer

Iris's client, one of the world's largest financial institutions whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services is looking to hire " Data Engineer " for a contract to hire opportunity.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications, If you have the right match for this opportunity, then make sure to apply today.

Position: Data Engineer

Location: Newark, NJ - Hybrid- 3 Day onsite/week)

Duration: 6+ Months W2 Contract to hire. (No C2C)

Must have:

• We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with strong Denodo experience to design, build, and maintain scalable virtualized data products and semantic-layer solutions.
• The ideal candidate will have expertise in data integration, virtualization, API enablement, and cloud-based ETL development.
• This role will partner closely with Solution Architects, Tech Leads, AI Engineers, and Business SMEs to deliver trusted, governed, and AI-consumable data assets.

Key Responsibilities

Denodo Development

• Develop and maintain layers of views;
• Build virtualized data products using Denodo best practices.
• Implement: Relationship, joins, standardization, transformations
• Apply enterprise naming conventions and business metadata standards.

Data Engineering

• Build and support ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS services.
• Integrate data from multiple source systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and operational applications.
• Support creation of canonical data models and semantic-layer entities.
• Develop reusable data transformation components.

Performance Optimization

• Optimize Denodo query performance.
• Implement caching and accelerator strategies.
• Tune joins, aggregations, and virtualized query execution.
• Troubleshoot complex performance and integration issues.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• 3+ years of Denodo development experience.

Strong knowledge of:

• Virtual Data Models
• Data Integration
• SQL
• Data Warehousing
• Dimensional Modeling

Experience with:

• AWS Lambda
• ETL/ELT development
• APIs and Web Services
• Data Product development

Experience implementing:

• Join strategies
• Aggregations
• Union operations
• Data standardization frameworks
• Preferred Qualifications

Exposure to:

• AI/Agent engineering ecosystems
• LLMOps concepts

About Iris Software Inc.

With 4,000+ associates and offices in India, U.S.A. and Canada, Iris Software delivers technology services and solutions that help clients complete fast, far-reaching digital transformations and achieve their business goals. A strategic partner to Fortune 500 and other top companies in financial services and many other industries, Iris provides a value-driven approach - a unique blend of highly-skilled specialists, software engineering expertise, cutting-edge technology, and flexible engagement models. High customer satisfaction has translated into long-standing relationships and preferred-partner status with many of our clients, who rely on our 30+ years of technical and domain expertise to future-proof their enterprises. xhyhwjd Associates of Iris work on mission-critical applications supported by a workplace culture that has won numerous awards in the last few years, including Certified Great Place to Work in India; Top 25 GPW in IT & IT-BPM; Ambition Box Best Place to Work, #3 in IT/ITES; and Top Workplace NJ-USA.