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Remote Part-Time Contractor - Data Engineer

At Stack Builders, we are an international software consultancy passionate about delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable technological solutions. We work with some of the most admired technology companies around the world, helping them solve complex challenges through clean code, modern technologies, and best practices in software design

We are exploring potential talent for a future opportunity as a Data Engineer to join our talented, diverse, remote-first team and contribute to our amazing international projects. In this role, you will help design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data platforms that power critical insights and decisions. You will play a key role in evolving and supporting our Business Intelligence and Science Data Warehouses, collaborating closely with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to deliver solutions that meet current needs and scale for the future.

Our culture fosters curiosity, continuous improvement, communication, and collaboration. If you are eager to work with a team that cares deeply about clean architecture, sustainable development, and creating software that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you!

*IMPORTANT: To be considered for this future opportunity, please submit your application in English.

  • Eligible to work as an independent contractor from any location within the Americas region and to overlap with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
  • For US applicants: the ability to work as an independent contractor under an LLC, C-Corp, or S-Corp.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field to the role, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to gather requirements and explain technical decisions clearly.
  • Demonstrated ownership mindset: ability to take initiative and see tasks through to completion with minimal oversight.
  • 3–5 years of experience in data engineering, with deep hands-on experience in DBT.
  • Proficiency or experience with relevant tools and technologies:
    • Must-have: DBT, Python, SQL (Redshift/Postgres), Git.
    • Used in current stack: Fivetran, AWS Glue, Tableau, Metabase.
  • Comfort with debugging data pipelines, maintaining legacy systems, and working with systems developed by previous teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and improve existing data and business analytics systems using DBT, Fivetran, and Tableau.
  • Model a large marketing dataset using DBT.
  • Troubleshoot and fix data pipeline issues, responding to alerts generated by Fivetran, CloudWatch, and other monitoring systems.
  • Collaborate closely with the engineer team and a data scientist, with occasional requests from Marketing and Finance teams.
  • Ensure clarity and accuracy in reports and dashboards used by business stakeholders.
  • Follow clean coding and refactoring practices, documentation standards, and strive for production-readiness in all outputs.

The projected salary range for this position is from $45 to $55/hr, determined by the candidate’s interview outcome, skills, experience, education, and alignment with market data.

  • Fully remote work modality, offering flexibility and work-life balance
  • Challenging, exciting, and ongoing projects with some of the most admired companies worldwide.
  • A strong learning culture with exceptionally talented and passionate coworkers.
  • Timely payments, with the flexibility to choose the payment date modality that best suits your needs. 
  • Company-sponsored conferences, OSS contributions, and blog posts.
  • A Stack Builders community to support you and learn with you!

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More than our EEO statement, this is what makes us a Great Place to Work:

Stack Builders is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive work environment and don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment during the hiring process or time of employment.

All team members and candidates are assessed and appreciated for their attitude, qualifications, and potential, regardless of race, religion, color, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, and other characteristics protected by law.

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Stack Builders is an international software consultancy with offices in New York City and Ecuador. Our clients range from multinational enterprises to small start-ups. We collaborate with our clients to turn ideas into valuable applications, wheth...

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