Senior Data Platform Engineer

$135–$205/hrAlphevaRemoteWorldwide

At a glance

You review large-scale batch and streaming data architectures and AI-generated pipelines for correctness, idempotency, schema evolution, recovery, observability and cost, and give practical corrections using SQL, Spark, Kafka, dbt and Airflow. You need 7+ years building production data platforms.

Summary written by AI from the original listing.

  • Posted Sep 9, 2026 · 32 openings reported

About the role

Assess large-scale batch and streaming architectures, lakehouse design, data contracts, orchestration, lineage, and production data quality. Review AI-generated pipelines for correctness, idempotency, schema evolution, recovery behavior, observability, and cost-aware scalability. Identify weak ownership boundaries, silent data-quality failures, brittle dependencies, and governance gaps that would surface in production. Provide practical corrections using SQL, Spark, Kafka, dbt, Airflow, and comparable modern data-platform patterns. Remote, project-based contract work. Scope and hours depend on project matching; the listed hourly range applies to matched work.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years building production data platforms or analytics infrastructure
  • Advanced SQL plus expertise in Spark, Kafka, dbt, Airflow, or comparable systems
  • Experience designing reliable, observable, governed data products at scale
Applicant countries
Worldwide

The listing explicitly welcomes applicants worldwide. Role qualifications still apply.

Openings reported
32
Work arrangement
Remote
Advertised job location
Not specified
Originally posted
2026-09-09
Last checked

How this pay compares

Software engineering: typical hourly pay on each platform, November 2026.

This role $135–$205/hrTypical across platforms $65/hr

  • micro1$75/hr31 rolesMiddle half of roles: $65–$91/hr
  • Mercor$80/hr29 rolesMiddle half of roles: $65–$110/hr
  • Alignerr$63/hr132 rolesMiddle half of roles: $60–$75/hr

Based on 194 hourly-paid roles listed in November 2026. Per-task and project rates are not included. Each platform sets its own pay.

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