Data Engineer at Robert Half
Nashville, TN
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Jul 16, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract data engineering role focused on building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouse structures, and cloud-based data infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Day-to-day work spans data modeling, pipeline performance tuning, data quality monitoring, and collaboration with analysts, scientists, and business stakeholders. Suits engineers with hands-on experience in SQL, Python, and tools like Snowflake, Airflow, or dbt.
Senior level · National · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
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No remote/on-site designation is stated; remote is set to false as a conservative default.
No total years of experience requirement is stated explicitly.
The role is classified as 15-1243 (Database Architects) given the strong emphasis on data modeling, warehouse design, and pipeline architecture; however, the significant pipeline-coding and software-development work makes 15-1252 (Software Developers) a credible alternative.
Python is listed as 'SQL and Python (or similar languages)' — alternatives reflect other common data-engineering languages; the requirement itself is a hard gate.
Streaming/big data tools (Kafka, Spark, Databricks, Hadoop) are explicitly called 'a plus' in the Requirements section and are marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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