Data Quality Engineer - Contractor

Jupiter Intelligence, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Part time

Job summary

Jupiter Intelligence, Inc. is seeking a Data Quality Engineer contractor to own data integrity, validation, and reliability across data pipelines. You will collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Solutions to ensure data from external vendors is accurate, timely, and fit for purpose.

The role requires Python, AWS, and ETL expertise, with a focus on data validation, testing, and monitoring to support launch-ready products.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, data quality, or analytics engineering roles.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience coordinating with external data vendors and troubleshooting quality issues.
• Experience in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, supporting launches.
• Climate tech experience is strongly considered.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data quality assurance and validation frameworks.
• Collaborate across teams to add features and support internal stakeholders.
• Ensure data feeding products and models are validated and launch-ready.
• Participate in stand-ups to maintain momentum and alignment.
• Serve as the data quality checkpoint between vendor ingestion and delivery.
• Establish data quality monitoring and post-launch documentation.
• Elevate data quality risks and vendor issues to engineering leadership.

Skills

Python production code

Git workflow

Docker

Data validation

Pandas/SQL

ETL orchestration

Prefect

AWS S3

Pydantic/pytest

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Temporal engine

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, or related field

Tools

AWS

Prefect

Snowflake

PostgreSQL

Job description

About Us

Jupiter is the global market leader in analytics for resilience planning and enterprise climate risk management. We are led by pioneers in data, climate, and earth and ocean sciences, as well as technology, risk management, company building, and public policy. Our climate risk modeling solutions save lives and mitigate potentially catastrophic impacts inflicted by hurricanes, floods, heat waves, wildfires, drought, and other extreme weather events on homes, businesses, infrastructure, food and water supplies, and entire economies. Jupiter is also committed to the world community. Through our Jupiter Promise initiative we provide services to under-resourced countries and communities to promote sound decision making while including the potential impacts of climate change. Employees are encouraged to provide their expertise to various programs under the Jupiter Promise initiative. Jupiter is bringing diversity to prepare a diverse planet for our changing climate. Jupiter was founded on the principle that with the right approaches and the right team, we can prepare Earth's economies to meet the challenges associated with climate change. The world is a diverse place; a diverse workforce in an inclusive environment is essential to meet our goals. We go forward together.

This contractor role is part of a cross-functional team that includes team members from Engineering, Product, and Solutions to deliver on product launches and iterations. The Data Quality Engineer will own the integrity, validation, and reliability of the data pipelines that power the product, working directly with external data vendors to ensure the data feeding the product is accurate, timely, and fit for purpose.

What You Will Do

• Design and execute frameworks for data quality assurance and validation
• Collaborate across the organization to implement new features, support internal stakeholders, and investigate and improve data infrastructure.
• Partner with the Sr. Engineer, Quantitative Modeler, and Solutions Architect to ensure data feeding the product and financial models is validated and launch-ready
• Participate in stand-ups and other milestone meetings to maintain momentum and alignment across the team.
• Serve as the data quality checkpoint between vendor data ingestion and product delivery, catching issues before they surface downstream
• Establish data quality monitoring and documentation to support the pipeline post-launch
• Surface data quality risks and vendor issues to the Director of Engineering in time to inform launch decisions
• Manage external data vendor relationships and ensure ongoing data quality and validation

What You Will Need

• Python codingfor production systems (modular code, notjupyter notebooks)
• Git workflow and collaborative code review
• Docker images and container build tooling
• Data validation and verification pipeline design, including automated testing
• Data quality assessment and solution feasibility analysis
• Data exploration and engineering tools: pandas, SQL, and similar
• DAG-based ETL orchestration (Prefect or similar)
• AWS, especially S3 Jupiter's Tech Stack
• Prefect workflow jobs and ETL
• Python (with heavy use of Pydantic and pytest)
• Snowflake and Postgresql SQL
• Temporal durable execution engine

What Sets You Apart

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, data quality, or analytics engineering roles
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field. Equivalent practical experience also considered.
• Experience managing or coordinating with external data vendors, including data quality troubleshooting
• Experience working in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, ideally supporting a product launch or similar high-stakes delivery
• Experience partnering with quantitative or financial roles (e.g., financial modeling, data science) or experience in climate tech strongly considered.

When we say Jupiter Intelligence is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are not just adding a legal addendum. Of course, we do not discriminate: Jupiter Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. In fact, we celebrate our differences as our strength and actively work to build an inclusive environment for all. If we can do anything to improve your application and interview process, please let us know!

Please also note: Successful candidates must be authorized to work in the US