Data Engineer

Data Engineer I

Cincinnati, OH

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Reference : JN -

Date Posted: 02/10/2026

Onsite in Cincinnati, OH

Our client a large U.S. financial institution headquartered at a major center in Cincinnati is seeking a Data Engineer.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $30.00 to $37.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Design, construct, install, test, and maintain scalable data management systems.
• Clean and transform data to produce high-quality, production-ready datasets for model development.
• Engineer features and integrate new data sources to streamline modeling pipelines.
• Build high-performance algorithms, predictive models, and prototypes.
• Ensure data systems meet business requirements and align with industry practices.
• Integrate modern data management and software engineering technologies into existing architectures.
• Develop processes for data mining, data modeling, and data production.
• Create custom software components and analytics applications.
• Research new uses for existing data to enhance insights and capabilities.
• Employ multiple languages and tools to connect systems and support interoperability.
• Collaborate with data architects, IT, and data scientists to achieve project goals.
• Install and update disaster recovery procedures.
• Recommend improvements to enhance data reliability and quality.

Experience Requirements:

• Proficiency in SQL with experience in data manipulation and transformation.
• Basic understanding of relational databases and data modeling concepts.
• Experience cleaning and preparing datasets for analytics or machine learning.
• Experience with non-relational and relational databases such as SQL, MySQL, No
  
  SQL, Hadoop, or Mongo
  
  DB.
• Experience programming and/or architecting a back-end language such as Java or J2EE.
• Snowflake experience (preferred).
• dbt experience (preferred).
• Python experience (preferred).
• Understanding of data science workflows and practices (preferred).

Education Requirements:

• Technical degree or related work experience.

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (, ) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position.

All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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