Data Engineer

Data Engineer / 6 month freelance contract / Fully remote (any location) YunoJuno has partnered with a Media Company who are looking to hire a freelance Data Engineer for an upcoming 6 month contract. We're looking for an experienced freelance Data Engineer to join our team on a 6-month contract. You'll be working directly on enhancing and maintaining the cloud-based data warehouse, helping us scale our data infrastructure, improve pipeline reliability, and expand our data collection capabilities. Responsibilities • Enhance and maintain the existing GCP-based data warehouse, including schema design, performance tuning, and cost optimization • Build and manage data pipelines using Apache Airflow and Python • Integrate new data sources, including social media APIs and web crawling pipelines • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to support data needs across the organization • Ensure data quality, reliability, and documentation across all pipelines • Support event-level data collect ion and tracking infrastructure Requirements • 5+ years of data engineering experience • Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), specifically BigQuery • Proficiency with Apache Airflow for pipeline orchestration • Strong Python development skills for ETL/ELT pipeline development • Experience with data modeling, warehousing best practices, and query optimization Nice to Have • Experience with web crawling and scraping at scale • Experience integrating social media APIs (e.g., Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Meta) for data pipeline creation • Familiarity with event-level data collection platforms such as Rudderstack or Segment • JavaScript, Node.js/Express, and React development experience Start date: ASAP Duration: 6 month freelance contract Rate: £250 per day Location: Fully remote