Data Engineer at Fast Switch
MI
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Jul 28, 2026
MI
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data engineering role focused on designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines, data models, and cloud-based data platforms (warehouses, lakes, lakehouses) on Google Cloud Platform. The position involves data ingestion, transformation, and workflow automation, with a secondary emphasis on integrating AI-assisted development tools and agentic AI concepts into the software development lifecycle. Suited to a mid-level engineer with hands-on GCP and BigQuery experience.
Mid level · 4+ years · Bachelor's required · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 $122,874 (middle half $87,544–$162,374).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting lists both 'Master's Degree' and 'Bachelor's Degree' under Education Required without specifying which is the minimum; Bachelor's is treated as the minimum hard requirement.
The job is posted by FastTek Global, an IT staffing/consulting firm, strongly suggesting this is a contract placement rather than a direct-hire full-time role, though the posting does not explicitly state the engagement type.
AI-assisted development tools (Gemini Code Assist, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot) and agentic AI/LLM knowledge appear under 'Experience Required', making them hard gates despite being somewhat atypical for a data engineering role.
Vertex AI and Gemini models are explicitly called out as 'a plus' in the posting and are marked preferred accordingly.
Astronomer is listed alongside Airflow in the body of the posting as part of the required stack; it is captured as an alternative to Airflow since both serve the same orchestration function.
The role straddles data pipeline/architecture work (15-1243) and general software/application development (15-1252); 15-1243 was chosen as primary given the dominant focus on data infrastructure, pipelines, and warehousing.
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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