Data Engineer

Long-term contract-to-hire | Hybrid: 4 days remote, 1 day onsite (Long Beach, CA) We’re hiring a hands-on Data Engineer to support and evolve a modern data platform within an enterprise environment that’s investing heavily in its data foundations. This is a long-term contract-to-hire role, offering stability, meaningful ownership, and a clear path into a permanent position. This role sits within an established technology organisation and is focused on building, running, and improving production-grade data pipelines that support both operational and analytical use cases. You’ll work closely with a Data Architect and BI team, turning architectural direction into reliable, scalable data systems. What you’ll be doing • Design, build, and maintain Python and SQL-based ETL / ELT pipelines • Support both batch and near real-time data processing use cases • Integrate data from core operational systems, including enterprise databases such as DB2 • Build and maintain cloud-based data platforms (AWS preferred), including data warehouses and data lakes • Implement orchestration, monitoring, and alerting to ensure pipeline reliability and performance • Apply CI/CD and DataOps practices to data workflows • Troubleshoot pipeline failures, data quality issues, and performance bottlenecks • Collaborate closely with data architecture, BI, and IT teams to deliver well-governed data solutions Tech environment • Python and SQL as core languages • Cloud data platforms (AWS preferred) • ETL / ELT orchestration and workflow tooling (e.g. Airflow, dbt or similar) • Streaming or event-driven data technologies • CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) • Enterprise data systems, including DB2 What they’re looking for • Strong hands-on experience as a Data Engineer • Excellent Python and SQL skills • Experience building and supporting production data pipelines • Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms and modern data architectures • Comfort working in enterprise environments with a mix of modern and existing systems • A pragmatic, engineering-led mindset focused on reliability and ownership This is not a BI or reporting role. It’s for someone who enjoys owning pipelines end to end and working close to the systems the business relies on. Please apply to be considered.