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Data Platform Engineer- Contract Role

Sterling Construction
The Woodlands, TX, United States
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
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Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Information Engineering Data Infrastructure Extract Transform Load (ETL) Cursor Python (Programming Language) Operational Databases SQL Databases Cloud Platform System Data Ingestion System Availability Claude Code
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Snowflake Microsoft Fabric Data Lakes Pyspark Integration Frameworks Restful APIs Azure Synapse Analytics Data Pipelines Databricks

Job description

What You’ll Do

  1. Design and enhance scalable, metadata-driven data frameworks.
  2. Develop and maintain data pipelines integrating APIs, SQL databases, and other data sources.
  3. Build reusable solutions for data ingestion, transformation, and automation.
  4. Improve data quality, monitoring, error handling, and platform reliability.
  5. Develop and maintain Python, PySpark, and SQL-based solutions.
  6. Collaborate with technical teams to improve platform performance and support business needs.

Requirements

  1. 5+ years of data engineering experience building and supporting cloud-based data platforms.
  2. Hands-on experience with at least one of the following: Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, Synapse, or a similar cloud data platform.
  3. Experience with AI Code first development using Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or a similar platform.
  4. Strong proficiency in Python, PySpark, SQL, and Delta Lake.
  5. Experience developing REST API integrations and automated data pipelines.
  6. Knowledge of metadata-driven frameworks, data modeling, and ETL/ELT processes.
  7. Experience testing, troubleshooting, and optimizing production data pipelines.

About the company

At Sterling Infrastructure, we’re building more than infrastructure. We’re investing in technology and data solutions that help drive smarter business decisions across our organization.

We’re seeking an experienced Data Platform Engineer for a contract opportunity at our office in The Woodlands, TX. You’ll help design, build, and improve our Microsoft Fabric data platform, creating scalable solutions that support data integration, automation, and reporting across the business.

Why Sterling Infrastructure?

Sterling Infrastructure is a growing organization where technology plays an important role in supporting our operations and future growth. This contract opportunity offers the chance to work on meaningful projects, collaborate with experienced professionals, and help shape the future of our data platform.

If you enjoy solving technical challenges and developing solutions that make a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!

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