State College, PA, USA On-site USD 109,300 – 219,600 / year

Penn State is hiring a Data Engineer – Data Architecture for Data Science & Machine Learning

About the Role

The role involves building and optimizing data infrastructure to enable advanced analytics and machine learning workflows, ensuring data is accessible, reliable, and efficiently processed.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement data pipelines for large-scale datasets
  • Develop and maintain data models for analytical use cases
  • Ensure data quality and integrity across systems
  • Optimize data storage and retrieval performance
  • Support data science and machine learning teams with structured data access
  • Integrate data from diverse sources into unified systems
  • Collaborate on schema design and database architecture
  • Automate data ingestion and transformation workflows
  • Monitor data pipeline health and resolve issues
  • Apply best practices in data governance and metadata management
  • Work with cloud-based data platforms and services
  • Ensure scalability and reliability of data systems
  • Document data architectures and technical designs
  • Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks in data workflows
  • Support compliance with data security standards
  • Evaluate and integrate new data technologies
  • Participate in agile development cycles
  • Provide technical guidance on data modeling
  • Assist in defining data standards and policies
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to understand data needs
  • Maintain version control for data pipeline code
  • Implement monitoring and alerting for data jobs
  • Contribute to data catalog development
  • Ensure reproducibility of data processing steps
  • Support deployment of machine learning models in production

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree in a technical field
  • Experience in academic or research institutions
  • Familiarity with machine learning model deployment
  • Knowledge of data mesh or data fabric concepts
  • Experience with streaming data platforms
  • Contributions to open-source data projects
  • Certifications in cloud data services
  • Experience with data lineage tools
  • Background in scientific computing
  • Involvement in data engineering communities

Compensation

Salary commensurate with experience

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Collaborative environment with data scientists, researchers, and IT professionals

About the Unit

  • This position is part of a research-focused unit that advances data-driven discovery and innovation across disciplines.
  • The team works on interdisciplinary projects involving large, complex datasets and emerging analytical methods.

Application Instructions

  • Applicants must submit a resume, cover letter, and contact information for three references.
  • Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Not specified

Required Skills
PostgreSQLMongoDBNeo4jRedisCassandraAmazon DynamoDBData ModelingETLData Pipelines
Job Details
Location State College, PA, USA
Work mode On-site
Salary USD 109,300 – 219,600 / year
Category Data & ML
Posted 9 months ago
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