Hire Data Engineers
Build data pipelines that business can actually use.
7 days
Onboarding time
5+ yrs
Min experience
$40-$68/hr
Rate range
100%
IP yours
The Problem
Why Hiring Data Engineers Is Hard
Most hiring processes take 3+ months, surface unvetted candidates, and result in engineers who need 6 weeks to become productive.
How CodeAir Solves It
We pre-vet Data Engineers, match them to your stack, and onboard them in your environment within a week. You interview the shortlist directly — no filters.
Job boards surface hundreds of CVs with no reliable quality signal.
Interviews test for talking, not for building — the wrong skills get selected.
Notice periods and slow contracting burn months of runway.
Engineers hired direct take 4–8 weeks to become independently productive.
Our Approach
How We Place Data Engineers
Tell Us Your Requirements
Share the role scope, tech stack, and start date. We match you with pre-vetted Data Engineers from our active pool within 24 hours.
Interview in 48 Hours
We shortlist 2–3 candidates. You interview them directly — no middlemen, no filters. You pick who you want.
Onboard in 7 Days
After you select, we handle contracting and onboarding. The engineer is in your Slack, on your tools, shipping code within a week.
Need a Data Engineers Now?
Tell us your stack, start date, and engagement length. We'll respond within 24 hours.
Capabilities
What Our Data Engineers Bring
Python
Production-grade Python experience with real-world deployments and codebases.
dbt
Production-grade dbt experience with real-world deployments and codebases.
Apache Spark
Production-grade Apache Spark experience with real-world deployments and codebases.
Kafka
Production-grade Kafka experience with real-world deployments and codebases.
Team Collaboration
Works in your timezone, on your tools, in your Slack — indistinguishable from your own team.
Quick Ramp-Up
Data Engineers who can read an existing codebase, ask the right questions, and ship within the first week.
Our Approach
Our Vetting Standard
Senior data engineers who design and build robust ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, and real-time streaming architectures. Experts in dbt, Spark, Kafka, and modern cloud data platforms.
Ideal For
Built For Teams Like Yours
Engagement Models
Three Engagement Models. One Delivery Standard.
Full-Time Embedded
Best for: Long-term work
A dedicated Data Engineers embedded in your team, working your hours, on your tools — 160 hrs/month.
Part-Time (50%)
Best for: Specific scope
80 hrs/month — ideal for ongoing maintenance, feature sprints, or augmenting a small team.
Project Sprint
Best for: Defined deliverable
Fixed scope, fixed timeline. Ideal for MVPs, integrations, or a specific engineering milestone.
Why CodeAir
Why Choose CodeAir?
Pre-vetted Pool
Only 15% of applicants pass our vetting. You hire from that shortlist.
7-Day Replacement
If there's a mismatch, we replace within a week — no cost to you.
Direct Communication
You interview, you select, you work directly with the engineer. No account managers.
IP Ownership
All code, repos, and credentials are yours. Zero lock-in, ever.
Timezone Aligned
We match engineers to your working hours — no async-only arrangements.
Transparent Pricing
Rate agreed upfront. No surprise invoices or scope creep on billing.
FAQ
Hiring Data Engineers — Common Questions
Yes — Redshift, BigQuery, and Snowflake migrations are common projects.
After a signed agreement, we onboard Data Engineers within 5–7 business days. In urgent cases, we've placed engineers in 3 days.
Every engineer passes a technical screen, a live coding assessment, and a communication interview. We also verify their production project history.
We offer a 7-day replacement guarantee. If there's a mismatch in the first two weeks, we replace at no extra cost.
Yes, 100%. All IP, code, commits, and credentials belong to you from day one.
Yes. After 6 months of working together, you can convert to a direct hire with a transparent buyout fee.
Our engineers can align with your local timezone (US Eastern, Pacific, GMT, or IST) for up to 4 hours of daily overlap, ensuring smooth standups and handovers.
We integrate directly with your Slack, Jira, Linear, or GitHub. The engineer participates in daily standups and pushes code daily.
Yes, our team extension model has a minimum commitment of 4 weeks. After that, you can cancel or scale with a standard 14-day notice.
Yes, on-site travel can be arranged for project kickoffs, planning sprints, or critical milestones, subject to travel expenses.
Ready to Hire a Data Engineers?
Tell us your stack, team size, and start date. We'll shortlist pre-vetted Data Engineers within 24 hours.