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Lead Data Engineer - Remote - 1 year contract

Contract Staffing RecruitersUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 19 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote Lead Data Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop cutting-edge data solutions and contribute to impactful projects, perfect for experienced engineers eager to expand their cloud and big data expertise. You'll thrive in this dynamic environment, collaborating with stakeholders to design and implement robust data architectures. Apply now to leverage your skills in Python, SQL, and cloud technologies for a rewarding contract experience.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Remote
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

We are seeking a Data Engineer with experience in projects emphasizing complex data solutions.

This person will be responsible for supporting data transformation and distribution to end consumers. Candidate will assist with requirements analysis, design/develop process flow, and unit/integration testing, to deliver complex data products.

  • Work with the Business Intelligence team and operational stakeholders to design and implement both the data presentation layer available to the user community
  • Develop scalable and reliable data solutions to move data across systems from multiple sources in real time as well as batch modes.
  • Design and develop database objects, tables, stored procedures, views, etc.
  • Design and develop ETL Processes that will transform a variety of raw data, flat files, xl spreadsheets into SQL Databases
  • Understands the concept of Data Marts and Data lakes and experience with migrating legacy systems to data marts/lake
  • Uses additional cloud technologies (e.g., understands concept of Cloud services like Azure SQL server)
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation
  • Aptitude to learn new technologies and the ability to perform continuous research, analysis, and process improvement.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills to be able to work in a team environment to include customer and contractor technical, end users, and management team members.

Experience Needed:

  • Programming languages, frameworks, and file formats such as: Python, SQL, PLSQL, DBT
  • Database platforms such as: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
  • Big data concepts and technologies such as Synapse & Databricks
  • AWS and Azure cloud computing

Skills

MySQL
Oracle
SQL
SQL Server
AWS
ETL
Azure
Databricks
Python
dbt

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