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# Slalom Flex (Project-Based) - Data Engineer

- **Company:** Slalom, LLC
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $166,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Database, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Snowflake, Prompt Engineering, Apache Spark, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Google Bigquery, Machine Learning Operations, Presto, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Amazon Elastic Mapreduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Databricks
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59838433-slalom-flex-project-based-data-engineer

## About the Role

* 3+ years of data engineering experience with 1+ years of hands-on data pipeline design and development experience with Databricks
 * Proficient in designing and building robust, scalable configuration driven data pipelines
 * Proficiency in Big Data Platforms (apache spark, presto, Amazon EMR)
 * Experience with cloud data warehouses (Amazon redshift, snowflake, google BigQuery)
 * Strong programming skills using SQL, Python, Java, etc
 * Exposure with IaC tools such as terraform
 * Familiarity with building DevOps, CI/CD pipelines
 * Exposure to AI/ML tools such as MLflow, prompt engineering, modern data/AI agentic workflows, * Databricks Certification



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