Senior Data Engineer
Teampathy
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Jul 25, 2026
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Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A long-term contract role centred on building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines that move and transform data from on-premise Oracle databases into GCP services such as BigQuery and Dataflow. The work spans data modelling, pipeline orchestration, quality monitoring, and performance tuning, with some involvement in shaping data engineering standards. Best suited to a seasoned data engineer with strong Oracle and Python skills who is comfortable working independently in a remote, distributed team.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 490 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 100–730
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting advertises 'Senior or Principal-level' in the body text, but the title reads 'Senior Data Engineer'; seniority is assessed as Senior — the 5+ years requirement and role scope do not support Principal.
No work location is specified beyond 'remote setting' and 'distributed team'; no CBSA or state can be determined. The role appears to be remote-friendly with no geographic restriction stated.
The GCP sub-services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer) are listed together under Required Skills as concrete named tools and are each extracted individually.
GitLab CI and Google Cloud Build appear together as interchangeable CI/CD examples under the Nice to Have section; GitLab CI is the primary name with Google Cloud Build as an alternative.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily pipeline/warehouse building (15-1243 Database Architects) but has substantial software development characteristics (Python coding, pipeline orchestration) that could support 15-1252 Software Developers.
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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