Data Engineer - Contract Role
Naperville, IL
Full Time
Mid Level
Join Sourcebooks, an innovative publishing powerhouse, where we believe in the transformative power of books, the synergy of hard work and collaboration, and the necessity of an entrepreneurial mindset to navigate today's dynamic market. If you're driven by these principles, seize the opportunity to ignite innovation and fuel growth with us!
This is a remote temporary contract position, lasting 3 or more months, with hourly pay ranging from $60/hourly. This range is based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, location, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications.
We're looking for a contract data engineer to help scale our data platform. This is a hands-on role with a focus on building and extending infrastructure that establishes a single source of truth and serves the organization with the tools to make faster, more informed decisions.
Responsibilities include:
As Newsweek’s #2 Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and a recognized leader in innovation by Fast Company (2024 Most Innovative Companies, 2023 Best Workplaces for Innovators), we use a mission-driven, data-centered approach to drive success for our authors and their books. We’re a thriving entrepreneurial company that creates books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we’ve been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are passionate book lovers dedicated to connecting books to readers in innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more!
Ready to Apply:
Please submit your resume, salary requirements, and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and interest in this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Sourcebooks values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
This is a remote temporary contract position, lasting 3 or more months, with hourly pay ranging from $60/hourly. This range is based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, location, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications.
We're looking for a contract data engineer to help scale our data platform. This is a hands-on role with a focus on building and extending infrastructure that establishes a single source of truth and serves the organization with the tools to make faster, more informed decisions.
Responsibilities include:
- Expand silver and gold table coverage by converting raw data into business-ready tables, incorporating business logic from analytics stakeholders.
- Maintain and debug pipelines in Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory
- Validate incremental load logic
- Investigate data issues
- Have 3-5 years of experience in analytics or ideally data engineering
- Strong SQL skills -- multi-CTE queries, and comfortable debugging code a team member wrote
- Hands-on experience with a cloud data platform (Fabric, Databricks, or similar), and Python/PySpark as a secondary skill, enough to read and modify existing notebooks
- Have worked within established systems, follow Spark SQL conventions, and communicate blockers clearly
- Have experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Be familiar with Delta Lake and medallion architecture
- Have experience with financial transaction data (SAP, NetSuite)
- Azure CLI or REST API experience for platform-level queries
- Have exposure to agentic AI workflows or AI-assisted development for debugging
As Newsweek’s #2 Most Loved Workplace in 2024 and a recognized leader in innovation by Fast Company (2024 Most Innovative Companies, 2023 Best Workplaces for Innovators), we use a mission-driven, data-centered approach to drive success for our authors and their books. We’re a thriving entrepreneurial company that creates books that transcend categories and defy odds, and we’ve been honored with hundreds of national bestsellers and awards. We are passionate book lovers dedicated to connecting books to readers in innovative ways. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more!
Ready to Apply:
Please submit your resume, salary requirements, and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and interest in this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Sourcebooks values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Apply for this position
Required*