Senior Data Engineer

A bit about us:

Local news, classifieds and event listings for Florida make up the core of the site. Two million people a month visit our recipe and meal planning site, which earns money from ads and a paid membership.

About the role:

Shaleshore Labs needs someone who writes solid SQL and Python and treats pipelines like production software. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Core hours are 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM US Eastern. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

In this role you will:

• Process large datasets with Spark on Databricks or EMR
• Design table layouts and partitioning for Parquet, Delta Lake or Iceberg
• Tune slow queries and expensive jobs
• Respond to pipeline failures and backfill data when needed
• Build batch and streaming pipelines with Airflow, Dagster or Prefect
• Maintain CI for data code and review pull requests
• Handle PII according to retention, masking and access policies
• Work with analysts to define metrics and fix discrepancies between reports

Required qualifications:

• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD and testing practices for data code
• Working knowledge of AWS, GCP or Azure data services
• Understanding of dimensional modelling and slowly changing dimensions
• Expert SQL, including window functions and query tuning

Why work with us:

Pay: $12.00-$13.00 per hour

• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise
• Company laptop
• Monthly internet allowance
• Annual rate review

Please include your notice period and salary expectations.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Shaleshore Labs LLC.