Data Engineer (contract)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL workflows using Python.
• Build scalable data models and optimize queries for large-scale analytics in Snowflake.
• Leverage AWS cloud services to architect, deploy, and manage data infrastructure.
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security across platforms.
• Partner with business stakeholders, analysts, and data scientists to deliver actionable insights.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of data solutions.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering with strong expertise in Python.
• 4+ years of professional experience working with AWS cloud services (e.g., S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, EMR).
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning, security, and advanced features.
• Proven ability to design and optimize large-scale, distributed data systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a track record of delivering production-ready solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the media, entertainment, or streaming industry.
• Familiarity with modern data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt).
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevOps for data engineering.
• Exposure to data governance, compliance, and privacy best practices.
  
  

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $42.35/hour - $66.18/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.