Contract Data Engineer (Talend + Snowflake + Denodo) Location: Remote (USA Only) Type: Contract (10 weeks) | Travel: Up to 25% We’re looking for a senior-level Data Engineer to join a high-impact team building analytics solutions for the utilities domain. This is a 10-week remote contract with occasional travel (~25%). Highlights 🚀 Work with modern data tools: Talend, Snowflake, and Denodo 🔍 Design advanced ETL pipelines with a focus on quality and observability 🧠 Apply your skills in a real-world utilities data context (AMI, Exadata, Hive) What You'll Do • Build robust ETL pipelines using Talend and Snowflake • Design and optimize physical data models for analytics performance • Apply a virtualization layer on top of analytics data using Denodo • Ensure data engineering best practices across modularity, observability, data quality, and deployment automation • Collaborate with data architects and analysts to support scalable data infrastructure Ideal Experience • Expertise in Talend and Snowflake • Proven skills in data modeling, performance tuning, and storage optimization • Hands-on experience with Denodo for data virtualization • Deep understanding of ETL best practices including observability and reusability • Familiarity with Oracle Exadata and Hadoop Hive (nice to have) • Utilities domain knowledge, especially AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) data (nice to have)