#126292 - Data Engineer Job at Lifted, an Upwork Company™, California City, CA

  • Lifted, an Upwork Company™
  • California City, CA

Job Description

Job Description



We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, datasets, and automation systems that support cloud cost visibility, attribution, and performance insights.

 

This role will work with large-scale telemetry, usage, and financial data to help Product, Engineering, and Finance stakeholders make informed, cost-aware decisions. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with cloud data engineering, AWS, Snowflake, production pipeline ownership, data quality, and performance and cost optimization.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

* Design, build, and maintain reliable end-to-end ELT and ETL pipelines in cloud environments.

* Build scalable datasets that support cloud cost visibility, attribution, usage analysis, and performance insights.

* Design and implement data models and ingestion frameworks for large-scale telemetry and usage data.

* Develop automation and tooling that enable cost-aware decision-making across Product, Engineering, and Finance teams.

* Optimize data pipelines and systems for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

* Perform query tuning and improve storage and compute strategies.

* Build and maintain integrations with REST APIs and other data sources.

* Implement and support CI/CD processes and Infrastructure as Code.

* Ensure data quality, validation, auditability, and consistency across end-to-end data workflows.

* Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production pipeline failures, data inconsistencies, and performance issues.

* Partner with Engineering and Finance stakeholders on cloud cost optimization and usage-based insights.

Qualifications



Must-Have Skills

 

* Strong data engineering foundation with proven experience building and maintaining end-to-end ELT or ETL pipelines in cloud environments.

* Strong SQL and Python skills.

* Experience with data workflow and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, or Dagster.

* Hands-on experience with the AWS data ecosystem, including AWS Glue, Amazon Athena, and Amazon Aurora.

* Experience with Snowflake.

* Strong data modeling experience.

* Experience processing data at scale.

* Experience with CI/CD and version control.

* Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.

* Experience building or maintaining REST API integrations.

* Demonstrated ability to optimize data pipelines for performance and cost.

* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

* Experience with data validation, auditing, and production pipeline support.

* Enterprise experience strongly preferred.

 

Nice-to-Have Skills

 

* Scala experience.

* FinOps Certified Practitioner or FinOps Certified Engineer certification.

* Experience with cloud cost optimization, tagging strategies, or cost-monitoring systems.

* Experience working across both AWS and GCP.

* Experience with Datadog.

* Background in data platform engineering or shared infrastructure engineering.

 

Additional Information



Required Tools & Platforms

 

* Python

* SQL

* AWS Glue

* Amazon Athena

* Amazon Aurora

* Snowflake

* dbt, Airflow, or Dagster

* Terraform

* CI/CD tooling

* Git or another version-control platform

* REST APIs

 

Location, Time & Engagement

 

* Remote contract opportunity.

* Candidates must be located in LATAM.

* Full-time allocation of approximately 40 hours per week.

* Candidates must be available to work a U.S.-based EST or CST schedule.

* Contract expected to continue through March 31, 2027.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work

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