About the role
From AfterQuery’s listing.
Pay: $80/hour
This is a remote, project-based role for data engineering professionals with 1–3 years of work experience. You will complete tasks similar to those performed in data engineering, data infrastructure, ETL development, or analytics engineering roles. Work is over the next 2-3 weeks, asynchronous, and assigned on a project-by-project basis, with an expected commitment of 10–20 hours per week for the projects you accept. This position offers highly competitive pay, exposure to real-world data pipeline and infrastructure challenges, and an excellent opportunity to boost your resume.
Responsibilities
- Document technical solutions, data flows, and pipeline architectures
- Collaborate asynchronously on data integration and warehousing projects
- Build and deploy data infrastructure using cloud services and modern tools
- Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline failures and performance issues
Required qualifications
- 1–3 years of professional experience in data engineering, ETL development, or related fields
- Strong proficiency in one or more of the following; Moreso, DBT, Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, Redshift
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on technical tasks
Who can apply
The listing only says “Remote”. That doesn’t mean worldwide. Check country eligibility on AfterQuery before you spend time on it.
How AfterQuery screens people
- 01Apply to the listing for your field.
- 02Expect a screening task that looks like the real work.
Before you apply
- No real platform charges you to apply or to “unlock” work.
- Apply to two or three platforms, not one. Acceptance is never certain.
- It’s contract work in projects. Hours vary week to week.