Senior Data Engineer - Remote Contract (AI/Analytics)

PeopleCaddie; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 110,208 - 117,096; Part time

Job summary

A staffing and recruiting firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer – Contract role in Chicago, focusing on data-driven strategies and analytics. The candidate will design data pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and collaborate with technical teams. This position requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant data engineering experience, proficient in programming languages such as Python and SQL. The role is fully remote and offers a contract engagement of 6-12 months at a competitive rate.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data engineering.
• Strong programming experience with Python, SQL, Java, or C#.
• Experience with data quality and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain data pipelines for ingesting and transforming data.
• Integrate data across databases and platforms ensuring accuracy and integrity.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts for analytics use cases.

Skills

Data modeling and architecture

ETL / ELT and data integration

Data warehousing and analytics platforms

Data quality

Business intelligence and advanced analytics

Strong programming with Python

Strong programming with SQL

Strong programming with Java

Strong programming with C#

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Azure technologies

Informatica Cloud

Snowflake

Job description

A staffing and recruiting firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer – Contract role in Chicago, focusing on data-driven strategies and analytics. The candidate will design data pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and collaborate with technical teams. This position requires a Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant data engineering experience, proficient in programming languages such as Python and SQL. The role is fully remote and offers a contract engagement of 6-12 months at a competitive rate.