✦ Luna Orbit — Data & Analytics

Senior Data Engineer - Backend

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📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $140K – $150K USD / year Posted March 25, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $140K – $150K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience senior
Exp. Years 5+ years
Education Not specified
Category Data & Analytics

About this role

This role involves leading data engineering efforts for government and public sector projects, focusing on building scalable data pipelines, models, and analysis frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead data pipeline development
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • Design data strategies
  • Collaborate with stakeholders
  • Ensure data governance

Technical Overview

The technical environment includes SQL, Python, ETL tools, data pipelines, and cloud platforms, with an emphasis on data governance and agile practices.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior data engineer with at least 5 years of experience in data pipelines, modeling, and analysis, with strong leadership and mentoring skills. Familiarity with federal agencies and public sector projects is a plus.

Must-Have Skills

Strong influential skillsMentoring experienceAbility to lead small teamsExperience with data processes and practicesDesigning data strategies

Nice-to-Have Skills

familiarity with federal agenciesstakeholder managementsystem diagram presentationpublic sector experience

Tools & Platforms

SQLPythonETL toolsData pipelinesCloud platforms

Required Skills

Data engineeringSQLPythonETLData pipelinesData modelingData analysisCloud platformsAgile methodologiesData governance

Hard Skills

Data engineeringSQLPythonETLData pipelinesData modelingData analysisCloud platformsAgile methodologiesData governance

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Government/Public Sector / Technology
Job Function Lead data engineering initiatives for government projects
Role Subtype Data Engineer
Tech Domains SQL, Python, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft 365

Keywords for Your Resume

data engineersqlpythonetldata pipelinesdata modelingdata analysiscloud platformsagile methodologiesdata governancefederal agenciesstakeholder managementdata strategymentoringsmall team leadershipagile

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with data pipelines or ETL, No leadership or mentoring experience, Less than 5 years of data engineering experience, No familiarity with federal or government projects

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