Data Engineer
Illumination Works
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About the role
Overview
Data Engineer passionate about building and scaling Data Analytics as a Service (DAaaS) offerings. Work at the intersection of data engineering and data science, enabling rapid development, testing, and deployment of insights and predictive models by ensuring clean, reliable, and well-structured data is readily available.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable data pipelines to support data science use cases, including feature engineering, model training, and real-time inference
- Collaborate closely with data scientists, ML engineers, and analysts to understand data requirements and deliver production-ready datasets
- Structure and maintain analytics-ready data models optimized for performance, scalability, and reuse
- Design and support the data layer of a self-service analytics and modeling platform
- Operationalize outputs from data science, including storing model results, tracking predictions, and supporting feedback loops
- Build automation tools and frameworks for data science workflows, such as feature stores, experiment tracking, and model evaluation pipelines
- Work with infrastructure teams to ensure scalable deployment of data services supporting analytics and ML
- Maintain strong data quality, governance, and documentation
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years as a Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, or similar role
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python for building and orchestrating data workflows
- Experience building infrastructure for data science platforms
- Experience with modern data stack tools
- Deep understanding of data modeling for analytics and machine learning applications
- Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehouses and object storage
- Experience with Databricks
- Familiarity with machine learning workflows, including feature pipelines, training/inference data prep, and model outputs
- Strong focus on automation, reusability, and modular design
- Comfortable working in cross-functional teams
- Understanding of data privacy, security, and compliance considerations
- Outstanding problem-solving and communication skills
Education & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or comparable discipline
- Must have or be willing to obtain Secret Clearance (requires US Citizenship)
- Must successfully pass drug test and background screening
Location
Oklahoma City, OK (hybrid, 2-3 days/week onsite) or remote with occasional travel
About Illumination Works
Illumination Works is a data-focused technology company founded in 2006 that specializes in big data, data science, data engineering, software engineering, and cloud design. They serve as a trusted technology partner delivering digital transformation and impactful business results to clients.
Scraped 3/31/2026