Technical staffing
Hire data engineers
Engineers who move, model and govern data: the pipelines, warehouses and quality checks that reporting and AI depend on.
Roles we place
The roles in this category
Data engineer
Builds batch and streaming pipelines from source systems into your platform.
Analytics engineer
Models data for analysis, with tests and documentation, usually in dbt.
Data architect
Designs the platform, the models and the rules for how data is governed.
BI developer
Builds the dashboards and reports people use to run the business.
Skills we match on
The skills behind the title
We match on what an engineer has used in production, not on a keyword list. Your brief decides which of these matter.
- SQL
- Python
- Spark
- dbt
- Airflow
- Kafka
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- Amazon Redshift
- Data modeling
- Data quality testing
When companies hire them
- Your data lives in systems that disagree
- Reports take days to build and nobody trusts them
- An AI project is blocked on data that is not ready
Related role
Need someone who works with customers too?
If the work happens in a customer's environment, or needs someone who can sit with users as well as build, consider a forward deployed data engineer instead.
About the Forward Deployed Data EngineerHiring options
Hire the way that fits the work
Contract
An FDE embedded in your team for the length of the work. Best when you have a defined program and need the skills now, without adding headcount.
- You direct the work day to day
- Billed for time worked
- Extend or end as the work changes
Contract to hire
Start on contract, then hire the engineer onto your team. Best when you want a permanent forward deployed capability and want to see the fit first.
- Work together before committing
- Conversion terms agreed up front
- Keeps the knowledge in house
Direct hire
We find the engineer. You employ them from day one. Best when you are building an FDE team of your own and need help finding the people.
- Your employee from the first day
- One placement fee
- We run the search and first screens
FDE hub
A deployment strategist and a small team of engineers. Best when the work needs business and engineering skills at once, with one point of accountability.
- Strategist plus two or more engineers
- Sized to the problem
- One team, one plan
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Roles and skillsHire FDEs
Need data engineers?
Someone who understands forward deployed work reads every brief and replies with a view on the engineers you need, how many, and the hiring option that fits.