Lead Data Engineer

Upwork(4 months ago)

RemoteFull TimeSenior$151,500 - $215,500Data Engineering

About this role

Lead AI Engineer on Upwork’s Data Platform & Services team responsible for bridging data engineering and AI to build production-grade, enterprise AI systems. The role focuses on designing agentic frameworks, natural language query capabilities, and evaluation strategies to unlock insights at scale and accelerate decision-making across the company. This position supports a remote-first workforce and contributes to democratizing data access for stakeholders and analysts.

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Required Skills

LLMs
Prompt Engineering
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Data Engineering
Agent Orchestration
Natural Language Query
Model Evaluation
Summarization

About Upwork

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Upwork is a global freelancing marketplace that connects businesses of all sizes with independent professionals across design, development, writing, marketing, customer support, and more. Clients can post projects or search curated talent, review proposals, and manage engagements with contracts, time-tracking, invoicing, and escrow-backed payments. The platform also provides collaboration tools and enterprise features (talent sourcing, compliance, consolidated billing) to scale contingent work. Companies use Upwork for access to a large talent pool and standardized workflows, while freelancers benefit from job matching, portfolios, and secure payment systems.