Senior Data Engineer at Insomniac Design
$115,000–$150,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level data engineering role at a digital agency, focused on designing and maintaining large-scale data platforms — including data lakes, warehouses, and real-time pipelines — for client engagements. The position involves setting engineering standards, overseeing data governance and security compliance, and guiding junior engineers. It suits an experienced data engineer comfortable working across major cloud platforms and big data tooling in a client-facing environment.
Senior level · 7+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 10 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 5–20
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is classified as 15-1243 (Database Architects) because its primary focus is architecting and building data platforms, pipelines, warehouses, and governance frameworks. However, the heavy ETL/ELT pipeline development and software-engineering responsibilities (Python, Spark, CI/CD) make 15-1252 (Software Developers) a credible alternative.
The posting lists all cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their specific services together under the required Technical Skills section, implying broad cloud familiarity is expected rather than deep expertise in all three simultaneously. Hiring managers should clarify which cloud(s) are primary for their client engagements.
The big data tools list (Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Databricks) appears in the required section with no 'or similar' qualifier, so all are marked required; however, in practice candidates are unlikely to be rejected for lacking every single one — managers may wish to identify the two or three that are truly non-negotiable.
Jira and Git appear under the Leadership & Soft Skills required section alongside Agile/Scrum, so they are treated as hard gates.
Cloud/data certifications and ML pipeline experience are listed under 'Nice-to-Have (Bonus Skills)' and are marked preferred accordingly.
The posting states candidates must be eligible to work in the US without visa sponsorship; no degree requirement is stated.
The company has offices in Washington D.C., London, Bucharest, and Chisinau. The salary range ($115K–$150K USD) and US work-authorization requirement strongly indicate this is a US-based role; the D.C. HQ is used as the metro.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): GCP Professional Data Engineer.
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