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Lead Data Engineer

Apex Systems

Lead Data Engineer

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Google Cloud PlatformSQL QueriesBig DataData EngineeringDockerPythonJenkinsMachine LearningAIHadoopTerraform

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Contract type:

Freelance / Contract

Salary:

$124,800 – $145,600 / year

Location:

Madison, WI, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

9 October 2026

What they need


Job#: 3054775 Job Description: Job Description: Primary Accountabilities

  • Leads an engineering team to meet project deadlines and priorities.
  • Supervises assigned data engineering team members & activities.
  • Ensures the quality, completeness, security, privacy, and integrity of data throughout the data lifecycle.
  • Documents critical workflows and operational support aspects of team’s responsibilities
  • Develops deep understanding of data sources, granularity, availability, and limitations.
  • Provides proactive technical oversight and advice to application architecture and development teams fostering re-use, design for scale, stability, and operational efficiency of data/analytical solutions.
  • Creates maintainable, scalable code to load and manipulate data in the data warehouse.
  • Facilitates communication upward and across project teams and business stakeholders.

Specialized Knowledge & Skills Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience providing customer-driven solutions, support or service.
  • Must have GCP experience for this positon.
  • In-depth knowledge of SQL or NoSQL and experience using a variety of data stores (e.g. RDBMS, analytic database, scalable document stores)
  • Extensive hands-on Python programming experience, with an emphasis towards building ETL workflows and data-driven solutions.
  • Able to employ design patterns and generalize code to address common use cases.
  • Capable of authoring robust, high quality, reusable code and contributing to the division’s inventory of libraries.
  • Expertise in big data batch computing tools (e.g. Hadoop or Spark), with demonstrated experience developing distributed data processing solutions.
  • Knowledge of open source machine learning toolkits, such as sklearn, SparkML, or H2O.
  • Solid data understanding and business acumen in the data rich industries like insurance or financial
  • Applied knowledge of data modeling principles (e.g. dimensional modeling and star schemas).
  • Strong understanding of database internals, such as indexes, binary logging, and transactions.
  • Experience using tools for infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Docker, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
  • Experience with software engineering tools and workflows (i.e. Jenkins, CI/CD, git).
  • Practical experience authoring and consuming web services.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide. Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered. UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems. © 2026 Everforth, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.

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