Ab Initio Developer at Strategic Staffing Solutions
Charlotte, NC
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Aug 3, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 24-month contract role on a Home Lending Data & Insights team, focused on building and modernizing enterprise-scale ETL pipelines using Ab Initio alongside a migration path to Google Cloud Platform. The engineer will design batch and near-real-time data workflows, support Teradata-to-BigQuery migrations, enforce data quality and governance standards, and mentor junior engineers — making it a strong fit for a seasoned data engineer with deep Ab Initio and cloud data platform experience.
Senior level · 4+ years · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3 people in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1–5
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 $141,924 (middle half $120,421–$172,379).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role sits between data pipeline/ETL architecture (15-1243 Database Architects) and general software/data engineering (15-1252 Software Developers); it was classified as 15-1243 because the primary deliverables are enterprise data pipelines, data models, and warehouse migration — but the heavy Python/PySpark coding and mentorship duties make 15-1252 a credible alternative.
The 24-month duration is explicitly stated, confirming this is a contract engagement.
GCP services (BigQuery, Dataplex, Cloud Composer/Airflow) and Informatica Data Quality appear only under Preferred Qualifications, so they are marked as preferred despite BigQuery also appearing in the required 'hands-on experience' list — that required mention is phrased as 'and/or', making it a soft gate; BigQuery is retained as required given it is the target migration platform and listed in the required qualifications section.
GitHub Copilot (or equivalent AI-assisted coding tool) is explicitly called out as a 'Must-have' in the required qualifications section; Devin is listed as an interchangeable alternative.
No compensation range is provided in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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