Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake Cortex / Palantir) Contract Opportunity

Work:

We’re supporting a digital enterprise client looking for a Senior Data Engineer contractor to help build and optimize next-generation cloud data platforms supporting analytics, operational intelligence, and AI-driven workflows.

The environment is heavily focused on Snowflake, Databricks, Snowflake Cortex, and Palantir, with a strong emphasis on scalable architecture, modern ELT pipelines, and production-grade data engineering practices.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable ELT/ETL pipelines across Snowflake and Databricks environments
• Develop and maintain dbt models and transformation frameworks for analytics and downstream applications
• Work with structured and semi-structured datasets at enterprise scale within AWS environments
• Leverage Snowflake Cortex capabilities to support AI-powered analytics and LLM-enabled workflows
• Support integrations and data engineering initiatives connected to Palantir platforms and operational systems
• Optimize performance, observability, reliability, and cloud cost efficiency across the data platform
• Partner closely with analytics, platform engineering, and data science teams to productionize scalable solutions
• Support data governance, orchestration, and modern data architecture best practices

Requirements:

• Strong SQL and Python engineering skills
• Experience building production-grade pipelines using Snowflake and/or Databricks
• Hands-on experience with dbt, Airflow, Spark, or similar modern data tooling
• Exposure to Snowflake Cortex, AI-enabled analytics, or LLM-integrated workflows preferred
• Experience working with or integrating Palantir platforms strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of cloud-native data architecture within AWS
• Experience supporting large-scale analytics or operational data environments
• Comfortable working within fast-paced contract engagements and cross-functional engineering teams

Details:

• Fully remote within the US
• EST working hours preferred
• 40 hours/week (full-time contract)
• Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential
• W2 or personal LLC engagement only
• Competitive rates depending on experience (target $80–$120/hr)