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Contractual Startup Data Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Data Engineer

Philadelphia, PA · On-site

$109K - $131K/yr

Perpay Inc. is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia's most impactful growth-stage startup focused on improving the financial stability of everyday Americans. The Data Engineer will be responsible for ...

Data Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$113K - $136K/yr

We are looking to hire a Data Engineer with a strong work ethic and a passion for the fast-paced startup life. The ideal candidate doesn't just build pipelines - they think critically about how data ...

Data Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site +1

$113K - $136K/yr

We are looking to hire a Data Engineer with a strong work ethic and a passion for the fast-paced startup life. The ideal candidate doesn't just build pipelines - they think critically about how data ...

Sr. Data Engineer

Rochester, NY · On-site

$145K - $165K/yr

You have a startup mentality, a thirst for knowledge, and the ability to lead projects and mentor ... What You Bring (Requirements) * 5-8+ years of professional data engineering experience. * Deep ...

Data Engineer

Chantilly, VA · On-site

$140K - $195K/yr

... include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range ... Experience with data engineering projects supporting data science, AI/ML implementations, and ...

Data Engineer

Falls Church, VA · Hybrid

$81K - $105K/yr

Data Science and Data Engineering Job Qualifications: Skills: Data Governance, Python Software ... Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual ...

Data Engineer

$117K - $140K/yr

Required : • 3-6+ years of experience in a data engineering or analytics engineering role, ideally at a high-growth startup or in a domain involving complex, real-time data (energy, fintech ...

Data Engineer

$117K - $140K/yr

Required : • 3-6+ years of experience in a data engineering or analytics engineering role, ideally at a high-growth startup or in a domain involving complex, real-time data (energy, fintech ...

Data Engineer

$117K - $140K/yr

Required : • 3-6+ years of experience in a data engineering or analytics engineering role, ideally at a high-growth startup or in a domain involving complex, real-time data (energy, fintech ...

Data Engineer

$117K - $140K/yr

Required : • 3-6+ years of experience in a data engineering or analytics engineering role, ideally at a high-growth startup or in a domain involving complex, real-time data (energy, fintech ...

Sr. Data Engineer

Palo Alto, CA · On-site

$145K - $220K/yr

Allocate is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help build out the data infrastructure that ... As a fintech startup on a mission to make investing in top-tier private markets more accessible, we ...

You will work closely with the product, engineering, and AI/ML teams to ensure Thesis's data ... startup. Responsibilities * Build core data infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain ...

You will work closely with the product, engineering, and AI/ML teams to ensure Thesis's data ... startup. Responsibilities * Build core data infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain ...

Data Engineer

Philadelphia, PA · On-site

$115K - $138K/yr

Perpay is a certified B Corp and Philadelphia's most impactful growth-stage startup. We are driven ... Data Engineering, Data Science, and Strategic Analytics. Data Engineering owns the warehouse, the ...

Data Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

$145K/yr

Company Overview Swish Analytics is a sports analytics, betting and fantasy startup building the ... The Swish Analytics team is seeking Data Engineers based in Europe to have a direct impact on the ...

Data Engineer

Atlanta, GA · On-site

$110K - $132K/yr

Details: Data Engineer Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ/Atlanta, GA (Hybrid) Duration: 6 months ... contractual obligations. Roles and Responsibilities * Create and maintain optimal data pipeline to ...

Data Engineer

San Francisco, CA · On-site +1

$160K/yr

Company Overview Swish Analytics is a sports analytics, betting and fantasy startup building the ... The Swish Analytics team is seeking Data Engineers to have a direct impact on the infrastructure ...

Data Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site

$110K - $160K/yr

We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop ... limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills ...

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As of Aug 21, 2026, the average yearly pay for contractual startup data engineer in the United States is $129,716.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $114,500.00 and $137,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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FULL TIME Role || Platform Engineer Applied AI

Tek Pyramids

San Francisco, CA • On-site

Other

Posted 13 days ago


Job description


Platform Engineer - Applied AI

Location

San Francisco, CA (Onsite - 5 days/week)

Duration

Fulltime

Note

Must have startup/data platform experience, Amazon Mechanical Turk or Meta GenAI background, Top 30 CS degree (CA/EUR), and strong Kubernetes, Node.js/Python, Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch skills.

Qualifications

  • 6-12 years building and maintaining platform infrastructure with full-stack capabilities
  • Strong experience building production distributed systems or platform infrastructure
  • Cloud: Hands-on experience designing and operating systems on AWS or Google Cloud Platform
  • Experience from one of the following:
    • VC-backed startup
    • Founding Engineer at a startup that raised $2.5M+
    • Company specializing in data at scale (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Confluent)
    • Amazon Mechanical Turk (only this Amazon team accepted) or Meta GenAI
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from a Top 30 university
  • Kubernetes expertise
  • Strong proficiency in Node.js or Python
  • Experience with Kafka, Redis, and Elasticsearch

Preferred / Strongly Desired

  • Experience in high-growth startup environments
  • Background in large-scale data infrastructure and distributed platforms
  • Strong Individual Contributor (IC) who is still hands-on technically

NOT A FIT:

  • Undergraduate degree outside Canada/Europe (unless from a Tier-1 research lab or companies like Micro1, SurgeAI, ScaleAI, etc.)
  • Too senior and no longer an Individual Contributor (IC)
  • Candidates whose experience is only Big Tech that doesn't specialize in data at scale
  • Career FAANG engineers
  • International students coming from Master's programs
  • Job hoppers (multiple roles under 1 year within the last 3 years)
  • Extensive contract-only experience