Senior AWS Redshift Data Engineer (Contract | 1099)

We are looking for a Senior AWS Redshift Data Engineer to join our data team on a full-time 1099 contract through the end of the year. You'll work alongside a team of five data professionals, with a primary focus on optimizing our AWS Redshift environment and improving the performance of our data infrastructure. What You'll Do • Optimize and maintain large-scale AWS Redshift clusters and data warehouse performance (60%) • Improve and support ETL pipelines using Kafka and ECS jobs (30%) • Enhance BI performance and data availability for reporting tools such as Looker (10%) • Prepare and expose data for AI-enabled applications and MCPs • Collaborate closely with the data engineering and BI teams Required Qualifications • 7–10 years of experience in data engineering, database administration, or related roles • Must be based in the United States • Extensive experience optimizing AWS Redshift clusters, including environments with hundreds of terabytes of data • Strong experience tuning, repairing, and maintaining heavily queried and frequently updated Redshift tables • Experience configuring and managing Kafka streams • Experience with Looker or a similar BI platform • Familiarity with Python and/or AI-enabled data workflows is a strong plus Contract Type: 1099 (35 hours/ week) Duration: Through the end of the year (with an expected July start)