Robert Half
Data Engineer
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This role is a Contract Data Engineer position in Salt Lake City, requiring 3+ years of experience, strong SQL skills, proficiency in Python, and familiarity with cloud platforms. Pay rate and contract length are unspecified. Hybrid work is necessary.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
440
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🗓️ - Date
January 6, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Salt Lake City, UT
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Spark (Apache Spark) #Python #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Java #Visualization #Scala #Data Lake #Data Pipeline #Cloud #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #ML (Machine Learning) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Looker #Hadoop #SQL (Structured Query Language) #dbt (data build tool) #Terraform #BI (Business Intelligence) #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Data Quality #Data Science #Databases #Data Engineering #Airflow #Tableau #Microsoft Power BI #Azure #Big Data #Kafka (Apache Kafka) #Data Warehouse
Role description
We are seeking a skilled Contract Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across our client's organization. This role partners closely with analytics, product, and engineering teams to ensure reliable, high-quality data is available when and where it’s needed.
You must be able to work hybrid in Salt Lake City.
What You’ll Do
• Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines
• Develop and maintain data warehouses and data lakes
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability across systems
• Integrate data from multiple sources (APIs, databases, third-party tools)
• Collaborate with analytics, data science, and business stakeholders
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data pipeline performance
• Document data models, pipelines, and best practices
Required Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java
• Experience with modern data tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark)
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop)
• Familiarity with data visualization or BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
• Knowledge of CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience supporting analytics or machine learning workflows
We are seeking a skilled Contract Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across our client's organization. This role partners closely with analytics, product, and engineering teams to ensure reliable, high-quality data is available when and where it’s needed.
You must be able to work hybrid in Salt Lake City.
What You’ll Do
• Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines
• Develop and maintain data warehouses and data lakes
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and reliability across systems
• Integrate data from multiple sources (APIs, databases, third-party tools)
• Collaborate with analytics, data science, and business stakeholders
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve data pipeline performance
• Document data models, pipelines, and best practices
Required Qualifications
• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational databases
• Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java
• Experience with modern data tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark)
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop)
• Familiarity with data visualization or BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI)
• Knowledge of CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience supporting analytics or machine learning workflows
