Data Engineer Consultant
US$120,000 – US$175,000 / yr base salary
Posted 3 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Data Engineer Consultant ”
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| Base salary | US$120,000 – US$175,000 / yr |
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Data Engineer Consultant (US Delivery Team)
The Opportunity
As a Data Engineer Consultant on our US team, you will build and deploy production-grade data pipelines for major enterprise clients. You will spend your day-to-day writing code, modernizing brittle legacy setups into cloud-native Lakehouses, and making client data clean, fast, and ready for AI applications.
In this role, you will work directly with modern technologies like Databricks, dbt, Python, and Terraform, collaborating with technical clients and our global engineering squads to ship solutions in weeks, not months.
Key Responsibilities
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Build Lakehouse Modernization Pipelines: Convert legacy data setups (Informatica, PL/SQL, legacy data warehouses) into high-performance PySpark, Databricks SQL, and Delta Live Tables (DLT) using Medallion Architecture standards (Bronze, Silver, Gold).
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Data Modeling & Transformation: Write clean, modular, and tested dbt models and advanced SQL to transform raw client data into trusted, business-ready datasets.
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Automate Infrastructure (DataOps): Use Terraform to provision cloud resources (AWS/GCP) programmatically and enforce data governance using Unity Catalog.
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Integrate & Orchestrate: Build and monitor automated ELT/ETL workflows using tools like Apache Airflow and Databricks Workflows, ensuring data quality, lineage, and strict SLA compliance.
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Client Engagement & Collaboration: Embedded directly within client projects, participating in daily standups, code reviews, and working closely with our nearshore delivery squads to deliver on time.
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Troubleshoot & Optimize: Debug failing pipelines, tune complex SQL/Spark queries for performance, and reduce cloud computing costs for our clients.
Qualifications & Requirements
Technical Stack
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Hands-On Data Engineering: Strong background writing production code in Python and advanced SQL.
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Databricks Experience: Hands-on experience building on the Databricks Lakehouse platform (Delta Lake, PySpark, Unity Catalog, Workflows).