Senior Data Engineer (Contract)Remote

Position: Senior Fullstack Software Engineer (Contract) 

Mode: Contract - long term 

Location: Remote

Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship

Tech Stack Grid:

(0) NO Awareness of technology

(1) LITTLE Awareness - read/heard of technology

(2) EXPOSURE to technology in environment

(3) SOME development in technology

(4) Very COMFORTABLE developing in technology 

(5) EXPERTISE in technology i.e. could teach a class

AWS - DynamoDB, Level - 4

AWS - Lambda, Level - 3

AWS - S3, Level - 3

AWS - SNS/SQS, Level - 3

Javascript (ES6), Level - 2

node.js Development, Level - 3

RedShift/SQL, Level - 4

BI Tool, Level - 4

Gen AI, Level - 3

AWS Step Function, Level - 3

AWS - CloudFormation, Level - 3

Python, Level - 3

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer who thrives on building high quality, resilient data solutions at scale. You will design and deliver serverless data pipelines and event driven microservices on AWS, optimize complex SQL workloads in Redshift, and contribute to analytics and quality engineering automation. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys hands on work across data engineering, analytics enablement, and automated testing within a modern AWS stack.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering to design, build, test, deploy, and support data intensive services and features
• Build and maintain production grade, event driven microservices using Node.js and Python
• Design and operate serverless ETL pipelines that automate data ingestion and transformation into Redshift
• Optimize complex SQL for performance and reliability, including joins, window functions, and large scale aggregations
• Integrate Redshift Serverless with AWS services and BI tools for real time analytics and dashboards
• Implement unit testing, code reviews, and quality engineering and automation practices
• Apply AWS security, performance, and cost optimization best practices
• Document data models, data contracts, and operational runbooks

Required experience

• 5 plus years of professional experience as a Data Engineer or Software Engineer focused on data platforms and analytics
• Expert level SQL skills for extraction, transformation, optimization, and reporting
• Hands on experience with Redshift Serverless, including integration with S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, and streaming or near real time data sources
• Proven experience building serverless ETL with Lambda and orchestrating with Step Functions
• Strong proficiency with core AWS services used in data and event driven architectures
• Production experience with Python and Node.js
• Working knowledge of AI or ML technologies in a data engineering context
• Exposure to DevOps tooling and automation in cloud environments
• Strong communication skills and a customer focused mindset

Preferred tech stack proficiency

• Redshift and SQL: Advanced or Expert
• BI tools such as QuickSight, Tableau, or Looker: Advanced
• AWS DynamoDB: Advanced
• Generative AI or ML exposure: Intermediate
• AWS Step Functions: Intermediate
• AWS Lambda: Intermediate
• AWS S3: Intermediate
• AWS SNS and SQS: Intermediate
• AWS CloudFormation: Intermediate
• Python: Intermediate
• Node.js: Intermediate
• JavaScript ES6: Novice or better

Tools and technologies you will use

AWS Redshift Serverless, S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, Athena, Kinesis, CloudFormation, OpenSearch, and BI tools such as QuickSight, Tableau, or Looker. Event driven microservices in Node.js and Python. Agile collaboration and modern code quality practices.

 Pay Rate Range: $65-$75 per hr (Depending on Experience)

nextSource is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure, and life experiences or for any other reason.

nextSource is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at talent@nextSource.com.

What nextSource Provides:

• Healthcare Benefits including Medical, Prescription, Vision & Dental Coverage | United Healthcare
• Voluntary STD & LTD | New York Life
• 401(k) Retirement Planning | Fidelity
• Discount Program

*You are Eligible to participate in the benefits program if you are considered a full-time employee of nextSource, working at least 30 hours per week on a consistent basis. Your coverage will be effective on the 1st of the month following 60 days of employment.