Direct Placement

Senior Data Engineer

Posted by SGA • Reston, Virginia, United States

📍 Reston, Virginia 🕒 February 20, 2026

About the Role


Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an Senior Data Engineer for a FULL TIME assignment with one of our premier Data and Analytics client in their office. This is a remote opportunity for candidates on the East Coast, preferably close to the DC Metro area.

Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize large-scale distributed data systems in a high-performance, cost-conscious environment. This is a true senior-level individual contributor role focused on Scala-based Spark engineering, AWS EMR optimization, and distributed systems performance at multi-terabyte is not a generic data engineer” role. We are looking for someone who deeply understands Spark internals, distributed resource management, and cost/performance tradeoffs — and who can clearly articulate the why behind their technical will work on complex, high-volume data pipelines that directly power production systems. ...

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