Senior Data Engineer – Temp to Hire

National Guardian Life Insurance Company

Senior Data Engineer at NGL developing data pipelines and architecture for data initiatives. Supporting software developers and data scientists while optimizing data flow in an Agile environment.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeMadison • Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSPySparkPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and optimize data and data pipeline architecture
Provide thought leadership to support software developers and data scientists
Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional requirements
Identify and implement internal process improvements
Build AWS infrastructure for data extraction and transformation
Automate deployment and management of data services using IaC
Contribute to CI/CD processes
Develop analytics tools for actionable insights

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years of experience with Python and building data pipelines
3 years of experience working with AWS services
1-2 years of experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines
4 years applying Agile methodology (Scrum and/or Kanban)
Advanced working Python and PySpark knowledge
Strong knowledge of AWS services such as Glue, Lambda, S3, Data Lake
Strong knowledge of Terraform and GitHub
Experience building and optimizing data pipelines
Strong understanding of DevOps practices
AWS certifications are a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment
Employee Resource Groups for professional and personal development

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonPySparkAWSTerraformGitHubCI/CDAgile methodologydata pipeline architecturedata extractiondata transformation

Soft Skills

thought leadershipprocess improvementcommunication

Certifications

AWS certifications