Contract: Senior Data Engineer

• Strong software engineering foundation building production systems (Python and/or Rust preferred; strong APIs/services mindset). • Proven experience in data platform engineering (not just building pipelines—building platforms for others). • Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation. • Experience with observability and reliability engineering (metrics, logs, tracing, SLOs, on-call readiness). • Strong knowledge of modern data ecosystem patterns (data modeling, orchestration, warehousing/lakehouse concepts). • Practical experience enabling data mesh or self-service platform capabilities. • Ability to work across ambiguity, drive delivery, and influence standards. • Experience with Snowflake and modern orchestration/testing patterns (dbt/SQLMesh-like workflows, Strong Airflow/Dagster, data quality tools). • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployments. Experience integrating metadata/catalog/lineage tooling (Atlan/Collibra/Amundsen/OpenMetadata, etc.). • Familiarity with AI data requirements (dataset governance, experiment reproducibility, feature pipelines). • Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. • Additionally, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a criminal background check may be required as a condition of engagement. • We use BrightHire, an AI-enabled tool, to record interviews and summarize interview transcripts. The tool allows the interviewer to focus on the discussion and does not score or evaluate talent or make recommendations. The interview transcripts are reviewed, and decisions are only made by humans. Any individual who prefers not to have their interview recorded through BrightHire can opt out when the interview is scheduled. • To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice