44 data engineer contract jobs at 35 companies in San Jose, CA
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AWS Principal Data Engineer
Arden Hills or Valencia or Santa Clara
$107k-$203k/yrHybridFull Time, Contract
Boston ScientificNYSE: BSX: Developer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices and therapies.
13+ YOEBachelor's degree required; 13+ years data engineering experience including 6+ years designing cloud-native AWS data platforms and 4+ years building scalable data platform solutions. Expertise with AWS data services, Snowflake, Python, Terraform, Bash, Spark/Flink, and governance automation.
AWS Principal Data Engineer (Valencia, CA, US, 91355)
Valencia or Santa Clara or Arden Hills
$107k-$203k/yrHybridFull Time, Contract
Boston ScientificNYSE: BSX: Developing and manufacturing innovative medical devices for less-invasive treatments.
13+ YOEBachelor's degree required; 13+ years data engineering experience with 6+ years building cloud-native AWS data platforms and 4+ years building scalable data platform solutions. Expertise in AWS data services, Snowflake, Python, Terraform, Spark/Flink, and governance automation.
VisaNYSE: V: Global payment technology facilitating electronic funds transfers.
5+ YOE5+ years data engineering with a Bachelor's or 2+ years with an advanced degree; or 0 years with a PhD. Strong big data, Spark, Hadoop, Python, SQL; Java, REST APIs, and container tech; ML/AI model experience.
Figure: Develops autonomous humanoid robots for commercial and residential tasks.
6+ YOE6+ years in data quality or vendor management, experience selecting/contracting/managing external data vendors, negotiating commercial terms, setting SLAs and calibration/audit processes, and partnering with engineering/ML stakeholders.
Lunar Energy: Provides home battery systems and clean energy software.
2+ years building BI dashboards, internal tools, and workflow automations; strong SQL (Postgres), Grafana required, Python and API integration experience (Slack, Atlassian, Google); BS or equivalent preferred.
Postgres, Grafana, Python, Jira, Confluence, Google Sheets, Google Drive, Slack, Atlassian, ERP, MES, PLM, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Arena PLM, SiliconExpert
Senior Backend Engineer, Data Systems (Modeling & Simulation)
Boston or San Francisco or United States
HybridFull Time
Code Metal: Verifiable AI-powered code translation for mission-critical industries.
Experienced backend engineer with strong relational data modeling, SQL/PostgreSQL expertise, Python, ORMs/migrations, data contracts, and building durable database-backed systems.
Deloitte: Provides professional audit, consulting, advisory, and tax services.
6+ YOE6+ years data engineering experience with hands-on SQL, Spark, and Scala; building and maintaining production data pipelines; experience with lakehouse technologies (Iceberg, Trino, Superset); US work authorization required.
ZooxNASDAQ: AMZN: Developing autonomous robotaxis for urban ride-hailing services.
Proficiency with SQL, PySpark, Python and Databricks; experience with time-series or sensor data; currently enrolled in B.S. or M.S. in CS/Data Science/Engineering or related; available ≥20 hrs/week for ≥6 months; onsite in Foster City.
Data Center Infrastructure Engineer – Server, Storage & Backup
San Jose or Sunnyvale
HybridFull Time, Contract
Jade Global: Provides IT consulting and enterprise software implementation services.
5+ YOE5+ years supporting enterprise data center server, storage, and backup; experience with SAN/NAS, Commvault/Data Domain, DCIM, and production operations; bachelor's degree required.
Dell, Cisco UCS, HPE, Pure Storage, Isilon, NetApp, Commvault, Data Domain, DCIM, LogicMonitor, Elasticsearch
Ford Motor CompanyNYSE: F: Ford manufactures, sells, and services vehicles and mobility solutions.
10+ YOEB.S. in Electrical Engineering, 10+ years board design experience, Altium eCAD experience, work with contract manufacturers/OEMs, knowledge of DC/DC converters, transmission lines, data buses and analog circuits, plus technical leadership.
Ford Motor CompanyNYSE: F: Designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and SUVs.
10+ YOEBS in Electrical Engineering, 10+ years board design experience, Altium eCAD experience, knowledge of DC/DC converters, high-speed signaling, data buses and analog circuits, experience with contract manufacturers, bring-up, validation and technical leadership.
Contract Site Reliability Engineer — AI Accelerator Infrastructure
Santa Clara, California, United States
$155k-$235k/yrFieldContract
d-Matrix: Develops high-performance semiconductor chips for generative AI inference.
3+ YOE3+ years data center or hardware validation experience; rack-and-stack, BIOS/UEFI bring-up, Linux CLI, DCIM/NetBox/Jira familiarity, hardware troubleshooting, and strong written documentation skills.
People.ai: AI platform providing revenue intelligence and sales productivity solutions.
5+ YOE5+ years building backend systems; 2+ years in Python or Scala; experience with distributed systems, large-scale data processing (Spark/Hive/Hadoop/MapReduce), stream processing (Kafka/Apache Samza/Apache Storm); strong analytical and ownership skills.
Austin or Menlo Park or Seattle or Washington or New York or San Francisco or United States
$202k-$273k/yrRemoteFull Time
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent, 10+ years in leased data center site selection/engineering/contract management, proven negotiation, project coordination, and strong analytical and communication skills.
Principal Software Development Engineer Person & Trust Platform
Mountain View, California, United States
$243k-$307k/yrOnsiteFull Time
ID.me: Provides secure digital identity verification and authentication services.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, deep expertise in data modeling and graph structures, API and data contract ownership, ability to set technical strategy; Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent.
Bakersfield or Stockton or Ontario or San Diego or Costa Mesa or Fresno or Concord or San Jose or Los Angeles
$80k-$125k/yrOnsiteContract
SungrowShenzhen Stock Exchange: 300274: Manufactures solar inverters and energy storage systems for clean power.
2+ YOEElectrical engineering/tech background; 2+ years in maintenance planning/scheduling for BESS/energy; solar and battery storage experience; strong communication and collaboration; planning software and analytical tools; data-driven decisions; electrical safety; MS Office.
Planning software, Analytical tools, Microsoft Office
Gridmatic: AI-powered platform for optimizing energy trading and battery storage.
Strong Python backend skills, experience building end-to-end product systems, working with large-scale/dirty time-series data, stakeholder collaboration, and shipping production automation for pricing/forecasting/contracting.
AI Fund: Builds and invests in artificial intelligence startups.
Hands-on engineering across backend, data products, and AI-native workflows; experience with messy product/catalog/SKU data, entity resolution, recommendation systems, and enterprise-grade security; US work authorization required.
UCSF Health: Academic medical center providing advanced patient care and research.
6+ YOEBachelor's in CS/engineering +6 years (or 10+ years related) with large-scale storage infrastructure experience, ZFS/parallel filesystems, Warewulf/InfiniBand, data movement tools, HPC scheduler knowledge, and security (NIST/HIPAA) expertise.
VAST, rsync, rclone, Globus, SMB, Warewulf, InfiniBand, ZFS, GPFS, Lustre, DDN, SLURM, PBS, NetApp, Dell EMC PowerScale, IBM Storage Scale, Pure Storage, CoreHPC, RAE, OS Nexus
Bobyard: Automates construction takeoffs and estimates using computer vision AI.
Build automation, data pipelines, and AI-assisted screening; experience with APIs and scripting; production-grade automations; no recruiting background required.