Remote 1099 Contractor opportunity available

Take advantage of an opportunity to join a start-up team of highly talented engineers and leaders who are focused on exciting AI driven services and technologies. Our ideal candidate will have a breadth of experience with database technologies, especially the engineering of horizontally scalable solutions for big data. If you have a background in computer science, and have demonstrated product success with deployment in the cloud and SaaS model, we want to hear from you!

Location: REMOTE

Data Engineer Responsibilities:

• Design database systems and develop tools for query and analytic processing, including for streaming real-time applications

• Write ETL processes to support ingestion and normalization of wide variety of social media, and web scrape formats

• Own build automation, continuous integration, deployment and performance optimization in compliance with security requirements

• Develop, manage and own the database architecture for real-time streaming cloud hosted analytics platform, spanning data collection, analytics and user management

Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science is preferred

• Proven experience developing process pipeline for platforms that are optimized for streaming analytics applications and are cloud agnostic

• Expert level experience on ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Redis, Druid, PostgreSQL

• Expert level Python code development; experienced with horizontal scaling of databases

• Proven skills with Kafka and Airflow, expert in applying tools for runtime profiling to optimize throughput and latency

Additional Information:

• 1099 project slated for 3-6 months targeting mid level talent

• Target hourly rate based on proven experience: $40-$75/hour

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship