Senior Data Platform Engineer Wanted as Personal Mentor
Worldwide
We're looking for a senior data platform engineer to mentor a member of our data engineering team through regular 1:1 sessions. This is not a hands-on development role — it's strategic guidance from someone who's been there. Areas to work on together: - Identifying and proposing high-value platform work - Architecture judgment: trade-offs, build vs. buy, prioritization - Thinking ahead about scaling and platform gaps - Growing from executing tasks toward setting technical direction You're a fit if: - You've built and run data platforms, ideally in startup or scale-up environments - You give direct, opinionated advice based on real experience — we want concrete recommendations for our engineer, not coaching questions To apply, please start your bid with DE:
- Less than 30 hrs/weekHourly
- 6+ monthsDuration
- IntermediateExperience Level
- Remote Job
- Complex projectProject Type
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- ESPBarcelona12:17 AM
- $5.3K total spent7 hires, 0 active
- 92 hours
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