Senior Data Engineer
Senior Data Engineer - dbt / ADF / AI Agents | Remote (US Eastern Timezone)12-Month ContractA well-established global organisation undergoing an active digital transformation is hiring a senior data engineer to join its existing data and analytics function. This is a hands-on role inside a maturing modern data stack, with immediate work on production pipelines, transformation logic, and a growing AI agent layer.You will work directly with a senior technical director and a small, high-performing engineering team. The role is fully remote but requires majority overlap with US Eastern business hours.Core Stackdbt - non-negotiable. Production-grade experience, not tutorials. You will be responsible for model development, testing, and deployment in a live codebase from day one.Azure Data Factory (ADF) - non-negotiable. Building and debugging ingestion / orchestration pipelines unsupervised.AI Agents - non-negotiable. Hands-on build experience with agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom). You should be able to walk through an agent you have shipped, what it does, and what was hard.Snowflake - preferred. SQL Server or any modern cloud warehouse (Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift) is acceptable if dbt / ADF / AI Agents experience is strong.ResponsibilitiesOwn dbt model development, testing, and deployment in a production environmentBuild and maintain Azure Data Factory pipelines feeding the warehouseDesign and build AI agent workflows on top of the data layer - autonomous task execution, retrieval, orchestrationOperate with autonomy. Communicate progress clearly. Ship measurable work daily.Required Skills & ExperienceStrong dbt in a real production codebase, not tutorials or POCsStrong ADF - comfortable building and debugging pipelines without supervisionHands-on AI agent build experience; framework-agnostic, what matters is what you have shippedClear written and verbal English; comfortable on daily status calls with a senior technical leaderSelf-directed, accountable, willing to ship measurable progress every working day