Data Engineer, Short-Term Project Contract - Remote (95 Countries)

OpenTrain AI is hiring for this role.

• $60–$100 per hour

• 100% remote

• Independent contractor

• About 10–20 hours a week, you choose when

Data engineers with one to three years of experience can earn $60 to $100 an hour on short pipeline and warehouse projects.

Each accepted project runs about two to three weeks and covers data integration, ETL, analytics engineering and infrastructure. You work on your own and keep clear notes so the rest of the team can follow asynchronously.

AI training is the human work behind artificial intelligence: people review and improve technical examples so AI systems can learn from accurate data and expert feedback. Data engineers are needed to build and check the pipelines, infrastructure and documentation that make those examples reliable.

## What you will do

• Stand up and deploy data infrastructure on cloud services with current tooling.

• Fix failing pipelines and dig into performance problems.

• Work asynchronously on integration and warehousing projects.

• Document solutions, data flows and pipeline designs clearly.

## Why this is worth your time

• Earn $60 to $100 per hour on projects you accept.

• About 10 to 20 hours a week, on your schedule.

• Work on varied data integration and warehousing projects.

• Fully remote and flexible, no fixed shifts, no commute

## Who this is for

• One to three years in data engineering, ETL, analytics engineering or similar.

• Strong skill in at least one of dbt, Kafka, Spark, Snowflake or Redshift.

• A computer science, engineering, information systems or related bachelor's degree.

• Strong problem solving and independent work; professional fluency in English.

• No AI experience needed.

## Pay and details

• $60–$100 per hour, paid hourly as an independent contractor.

• Contract, flexible hours; fully remote, 95 countries

## How to apply

1. Apply on OpenTrain with your resume: https://app.opentrain.ai/api/out/cmwapj1n800aa08l6by7jw6h5?ch=qajobsboard&sub=p_69ea12d365d1

2. Complete the application on the hiring platform.

3. If shortlisted, take a conversational AI interview with technical questions and a coding challenge, whenever it suits you.

If this work matches your data-engineering experience, apply on OpenTrain.

## About OpenTrain AI

OpenTrain AI helps people find AI training and data-labeling work, create a profile, and apply to projects across the industry.