Data Engineer, Entry Level

BeaconFire Inc.

About the Role

BeaconFire, based in Central NJ, specializes in Software Development, Web Development, and Business Intelligence. We are seeking self-motivated candidates with strong communication skills for a key role in building, maintaining, and operating integrations, reporting pipelines, and data transformation systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the analytics team to find reliable data solutions to meet business needs.
• Design and implement scalable ETL or ELT processes to support business demand for data.
• Perform data extraction, manipulation, and production from database tables.
• Build utilities, user-defined functions, and frameworks to better enable data flow patterns.
• Build and incorporate automated unit tests, and participate in integration testing efforts.
• Work with teams to resolve operational & performance issues.
• Work with architecture/engineering leads and other teams to ensure quality solutions are implemented, and engineering best practices are defined and adhered to.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Intermediate Python.
• Experience with relational databases, including SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL.
• Experience in data processing is a plus (e.g., Numpy, Pandas).

Qualifications

• Passion for data and a deep desire to learn.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Data Analytics/Data Science, or related discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Compensation: $62,000.00 to $80,000.00 /year

Work visa sponsorship is available