Online Big Data Engineer — Remote Specialist

ActiveHired is expanding its remote specialist bench with a Online Big Data Engineer — Remote Specialist at $30 - $80/hour. Contributors work asynchronously from home across major English-speaking countries, translating real-world workflows in big data, Python, databases, data engineering into high-signal training examples and multi-step evaluation criteria for enterprise AI models.

Primary Responsibilities

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance data systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Enforce data quality, security, and governance standards across all solutions.
• Document solutions and communicate complex technical concepts effectively, both in writing and verbally.
• Proven expertise in big data engineering with hands-on experience building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines.
• Advanced proficiency in Python for data processing, automation, and integration.
• Comprehensive command of relational and NoSQL databases, including optimization and management techniques.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable big data pipelines and architectures to support robust data solutions.

Skills & Experience Needed

• Expertise with cloud-based big data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Working knowledge of machine learning operations and data science workflows is a plus.
• Compensation Band: $30 - $80/hour
• Work Location: Remote (100% Remote / Asynchronous Flexibility)
• Available Openings: 50 open positions
• Core Competencies: big data, Python, databases, data engineering
• Practical background using distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Flink).

Remuneration & Remote Setup

• Compensation Rate: $30 - $80/hour (contract specialist remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: big data, Python, databases, data engineering
• Hiring Agency: ActiveHired

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