Upwork is looking for a talented, experienced, and hardworking Senior Backend Engineer with an expert level in Python, Javascript, server-side development with SQL experience, and AWS knowledge to work on the Upwork Data Platform Backend.
The Intelligent Data Platform team is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to support the Snowflake Data Platform. This is a hands-on IC role focused on building, operating, and automating backend services that power data ingestion, orchestration, governance, cost optimization, and compliance for a platform used by hundreds of internal users.
Your Responsibilities: Build and operate backend services and automation for the Snowflake data platform.
Support data ingestion pipelines (RDS/Oracle → Snowflake) and reverse ETL (Snowflake → RDS).
Develop and maintain Airflow (AWS MWAA) workflows for ingestion, data quality, and ops automation.
Implement tooling for data quality checks, platform governance, and SOX-related controls.
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