Contract: Senior Data Engineer

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Upwork is the leading online talent solution. We empower businesses with more flexible access to quality talent.

Upwork

Employee count: 201-500

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Upwork is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and operate data platform services, focusing on scalable, secure, reliable, and well-governed data products. The role requires experience in data platform engineering, CI/CD, observability, and reliability engineering.

Requirements

Strong software engineering foundation building production systems
Proven experience in data platform engineering
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and automation
Experience with observability and reliability engineering
Strong knowledge of modern data ecosystem patterns
Practical experience enabling data mesh or self-service platform capabilities

Benefits

Paid time off
401k matching
Retirement plan

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About the job

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Apr 08, 2026

Posted on

Feb 07, 2026

Job type

Contractor

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

United States

Hiring timezones

United States +/- 0 hours

Job categories

Data Senior Engineer Senior Staff Data Engineer Senior Data Analytics Engineer Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer Senior Data Engineer Jobs Senior Principal Data Engineer Senior Data Platform Engineer

Skills

Data Platform Engineer CI CD Infrastructure as Code Automation Observability Reliability Engineering Production Systems Software Engineering Data Governance Data Engineering

About Upwork

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Upwork is the leading online talent solution. We empower businesses with more flexible access to quality talent. Through Upwork’s matching technology and services, companies have access to a global pool of proven professionals so they can scale their teams dynamically to meet business needs. Upwork also provides skilled professionals with access to more opportunities.

Upwork’s mission is to create economic opportunities so people have better lives. The community of independent professionals working via Upwork spans many categories including software development, creative & design, finance & accounting, consulting, operations, and customer support—over 8,000 skills are represented. Skills freelancers offer include:

Web Development
Mobile Development
Design & Creative
Writing
Virtual Assistants
Customer Service
Sales & Marketing
Accounting & Consulting

More than thirty percent of the Fortune 500 use Upwork. Clients include Airbnb, Automattic, GE, and Microsoft.

Tech stack

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Dropwizard

Bootstrap

JavaScript

Python

HTML5

Java

CSS 3

PHP

Perl

PowerShell

Scala

56 more

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Employee benefits

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Pet insurance

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Disability insurance

Upwork offers both short term disability (STD) and long term disability(LTD) insurance.

Unlimited time off

Take as much time off as you want as long as it doesn't interfere with your ability to do your work.

Fertility benefits

Upwork will reimburse up to $3,000 for eligible fertility or adoption related expenses per plan year.

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