Contract Senior Data Engineer

RemoteContract2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Based in European UnionContractor via own company (B2B)

Core

Building core infrastructure software (pipelines, APIs, data modelling) for client data platforms, including instrumenting systems for performance and ensuring secure authentication patterns.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (infrastructure)

Builds

Data pipelines, APIs, and data models for client platforms

Domain

Software engineering and design consultancy

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, dbt, Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, AWS Lambda, Apache Airflow, SQL (CTEs, window functions), end-to-end monitoring and alerting

Preferred skills

Coaching and mentoring engineers, scaling data access patterns, batch processing, data streaming

Technologies

Python, dbt, Kafka, Spark, AWS Kinesis, AWS Lambda, Apache Airflow, CloudWatch, Datadog

Responsibilities

Building core infrastructure software (pipelines, APIs, data modelling), instrumenting systems for performance, choosing and implementing technologies for scaling data access patterns, coaching and mentoring other engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About yld

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay. We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.