Data Engineer - AI & Engineering, Dallas

About the role

Deloitte is hiring a Data Engineer in Dallas, Texas, within its AI & Engineering team. The role fits the Project Delivery Talent Model: consultants with specialized skills who deliver services to clients without the extra pressure of business development or promotion, and whose employment is tied to the project. Travel is about 10% on average, which may include overnight trips.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain production-ready software solutions in an agile environment.
• Build and support cloud applications using AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway and RDS or DynamoDB.
• Develop application components with modern languages and frameworks, including Python, Java, Angular and Go.
• Implement authentication and security best practices, including OAuth and Okta integrations.
• Build and maintain CI/CD workflows with tools such as GitHub Actions, and use AI-assisted development tools and platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, AWS Bedrock and Microsoft Copilot Studio.
• Run research-focused proofs of concept to assess emerging AI, data engineering and cloud technologies, and evaluate data-processing methods, pipeline performance, data quality, scalability and cloud monitoring to identify infrastructure improvements.

Required profile

• 6+ years of experience delivering software solutions in an Agile environment.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related IT discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Required skills

• AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, Step Functions, IAM, Glue, Athena or Redshift.
• Programming in Python and Java.
• Authentication and security practices, and CI/CD workflows such as GitHub Actions.
• AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code), AI development platforms (e.g. AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot Studio) and cloud monitoring.

What we offer

• Compensation range in Texas of $102,800 to $171,300, depending on skills, experience and other factors.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual incentive program.
• Professional development, mentorship and leadership opportunities.