The role involves improving and troubleshooting a large-scale data platform, optimizing ingestion pipelines, and enhancing overall architecture. Applicants should have strong expertise in MongoDB and distributed systems.
ELEKS Software Engineering and Development Office is looking for a Senior/Expert Data Engineer to join our client's team on-site in Washington, DC, USA.
ABOUT PROJECT
The project focuses on diagnosing and resolving performance challenges in a large-scale, on-premises data platform.
REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years of experience
- Strong background in distributed systems and data platform architecture
- Deep experience with MongoDB at a very large scale
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Helm, and containerized workloads
- Experience designing and optimizing high-throughput ingestion pipelines
- Familiarity with task queues and worker-based ingestion models (e.g., Celery or similar)
- Ability to troubleshoot complex, custom, on-prem environments
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assess current ingestion pipelines, database design, and overall platform architecture
- Identify root causes of performance bottlenecks and scaling limitations
- Recommend and implement architectural improvements (data modeling, ingestion patterns, queueing, compute/storage separation, etc.)
- Optimize MongoDB usage for large-scale ingestion and query workloads
- Review and improve Kubernetes, Helm, and worker orchestration patterns
- Work closely with the engineering team to implement fixes and best practices
ABOUT ELEKS
ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.
Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.
Top Skills
Celery
Helm
Kubernetes
MongoDB
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