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Freelance Senior Data Engineer
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SaaS
Berlin
Hybrid
Freelance
Jodi Barrow
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join a small, self-sufficient team delivering a high-impact data migration project on a tight timeline. You’ll be the extra pair of hands needed to push a major reporting and data platform migration over the line by the end of the year.
This is a role for someone who thrives in lean teams, enjoys autonomy, and can move quickly with well-documented systems already in place.
What You’ll Work On
Data Platform & Pipeline Migration
Execute data migration from Redshift into Snowflake
Migrate and validate data pipelines, including comparing datasets and ensuring accuracy
Contribute to data lake and data warehouse migration work
Work with high-volume tracking and event data
Support streaming data pipelines using AWS, Kafka, and managed Kafka services (MSP)
Collaborate with the tracking/data lake teams as needed
Technical StackWork across a modern data stack including; AWS (S3, Glue), Snowflake, Iceberg, Terraform, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Python (or Rust or Golang), SQL
What We’re Looking For
Strong background in data-heavy environments (B2B or B2C)
Experience with large-scale data volumes and event-driven systems
Hands-on experience with data migration, pipeline execution, and validation
Strong programming, cloud, infrastructure experience plus some streaming/event tracking experience
Ability to hit the ground running with minimal hand-holding
Nice-to-Have
•Exposure to analytics engineering
•Solid project/stakeholder management skills
•Commercial awareness
Who You Are
Comfortable in small, focused teams
Open-minded, collaborative, and able to work with a mix of personalities
Not afraid to dive into unfamiliar parts of the stack
Strong communicator
No formal education requirements, experience matters more
If this sounds like something you can tackle, we're looking forward to recieving your application!
