Hadoop Big Data Engineer

Post Date

Sep 09, 2025

Location

Jersey City,
New Jersey

ZIP/Postal Code

07302
US
Nov 24, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

NYC-7e3165d5-8fbb-46fa-a3a0-6b142eb9f54f

Pay Rate

$55 - $68 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

For 68.93/hr, we are seeking a skilled Big Data Engineer to support a leading financial institution in building and optimizing large-scale data processing systems. This role involves working with Hadoop and Spark to ingest, transform, and analyze high-volume market and trading data. The engineer will contribute to the development and maintenance of distributed data pipelines, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability across the analytics infrastructure. You will use datasets, data lake architecture, etc. to help build a proprietary analytics platform. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of big data frameworks and a passion for enabling data-driven decision-making in a fast-paced financial environment.

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Required Skills & Experience

- 7+ years of experience in a Data Engineer role utilizing Python scripting
- Experience with Hadoop and Spark

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Background in financial services or analytics platforms
- Familiarity with tools like Apache Hudi, Hive, and Airflow is a plus

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.