Senior Data Engineer, Amazon Redshift Expert
Summary
Short 1–2 week full-time contract through Niuro for a U.S. tax technology company: audit and tune an Amazon Redshift environment (distribution/sort keys, compression, WLM, cost) and build ETL/ELT pipelines using the AWS data stack (S3, Glue, Lambda, Spectrum, Airflow/dbt). Remote in LATAM with U.S. Eastern Time overlap.
Compensation: No equity
Niuro is hiring a Senior Data Engineer for a U.S. tax technology company. This is a focused 1 to 2 week, full-time contract for an expert who can improve the performance, cost efficiency, design, and reliability of an Amazon Redshift environment.
You will
- Review the current Redshift setup and identify performance, cost, reliability, and design issues.
- Tune distribution keys, sort keys, compression, queries, and Workload Management.
- Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using Redshift and the AWS data stack.
- Improve analytics-ready data models and document the changes and operating practices.
You bring
- 5+ years of data engineering experience with deep production expertise in Amazon Redshift or Redshift Serverless.
- Advanced SQL and demonstrated query tuning on large datasets.
- Hands-on experience with S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, and Redshift Spectrum.
- Experience with Airflow, dbt, Glue, or similar ETL/ELT tools.
- C1 English and the ability to work independently with stakeholders.
Nice to have: Python, dbt, product analytics data pipelines, and experience in fintech or another regulated industry.
Contract: 1 to 2 weeks, full-time. Remote in LATAM, excluding Argentina and Brazil, with overlap with U.S. Eastern Time. Compensation starts at USD 25 per hour.
Apply through Niuro: https://app.niuro.io/source/RkFyCbQE?ref=ps_DOv0jFJYWcDyJ3nkynymiXAksgFLQ-lKiD5r0qCZ6h8&utm_source=wellfound&utm_medium=job-board&utm_campaign=senior-data-engineer-amazon-redshift-expert&utm_content=wellfound-20261001