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Q: How much does it cost to hire a Spark SQL engineer?

Dev-Hire charges one all-inclusive monthly rate per engineer, covering the engineer, payroll, benefits, equipment, free replacement and our fee. You see the rate on each profile, pay month to month, and never pay setup or placement fees.

Q: Will a Spark SQL engineer overlap with my data and product team?

Yes. Engineers work your hours with a stated daily overlap, which leaves time for standups, requirement discussions with analysts and reviewing results together the same day.

Q: How do you vet Spark SQL engineers for data and AI work?

After a profile review and a communication check, a senior engineer interviews each candidate with live coding and a realistic data scenario. You interview the shortlist yourself, and if the engineer is not the right fit, we replace them at no extra cost.

Q: Should I hire one Spark SQL engineer or a data team?

One engineer works well for a focused pipeline or model. For a wider data platform, a dedicated team can combine data engineering, analytics and machine learning skills under your lead, or a managed team adds a Dev-Hire delivery lead. Either way, the shortlist arrives within 48 hours.

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Preethi

Data Engineer

Azure
PySpark
SQL
Azure DevOps
ETL
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Senior Azure data engineer with over 14 years in IT, including more than 4.5 years focused on Azure....

Experience

14.5 years

Availability

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Vaishnavi

Data Engineer

GitHub
Azure
Microsoft SQL
PySpark
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Data engineer with more than 15 years of experience building and supporting large-scale data solutio...

Experience

15.5 years

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Thangaraj

Data Engineer

Azure
PySpark
SQL
Azure DevOps
ETL
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Senior Azure data engineer with more than 13 years of experience across banking, insurance, financia...

Experience

13.5 years

Availability

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Rekha

Data Engineer

Excel
Azure
DAX
PySpark
SQL
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Data engineer with 12 years of experience in financial services, covering data analytics, cloud data...

Experience

12 years

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Varalakshmi

Data Engineer

Azure
PySpark
SQL
Azure Data Lake
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Senior Azure data engineer and tech lead with more than 11 years in IT, built on a strong foundation...

Experience

11.5 years

Availability

Full-Time only

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$2,020-2,380 Per month, all-inclusive

Ganesh

Data Engineer

PySpark
SQL
Azure Data Lake
Azure DevOps
Unity Catalog
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Senior Azure data engineer with over nine years of experience across data engineering, SQL developme...

Experience

9.5 years

Availability

Full-Time only

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Navin

Data Engineer

Azure
Microsoft SQL
PySpark
SQL
Azure Data Lake
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Senior data engineer with over 11 years of IT experience, including 4+ years building production dat...

Experience

11.5 years

Availability

Full-Time only

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$2,820-3,340 Per month, all-inclusive

Preethi

Data Engineer

Azure
PySpark
SQL
Azure DevOps
ETL

Senior Azure data engineer with over 14 years in IT, including more than 4.5 years focused on Azure....

Experience

14.5 years

Availability

Full-Time only

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44 vetted Spark SQL engineers availablemedian 4.25 years with Spark SQLfrom $1,940/movs ~$17,900/mo for an in-house hire

Skill guide

What to know about Spark SQL

Within Apache Spark, the Spark SQL module runs SQL and DataFrame queries across large distributed datasets. Data teams use it on Databricks, EMR or Dataproc for ETL, feature engineering, lakehouse tables in Delta Lake or Iceberg, and heavy analytical joins. A skilled engineer understands how a query turns into a physical plan, reads the Spark UI to find skew and expensive shuffles, chooses partitioning and file sizes carefully, and knows when a broadcast join helps. Ask how they would rescue a nightly job that keeps missing its window and how they keep cluster costs under control.

From our bench

Who our Spark SQL engineers are

Roles they hold

Data Engineer · 68% of them
ML Engineer · 7% of them
Site Reliability Engineer · 7% of them

Often paired with

Vetting

How we vet Spark SQL engineers

Every Spark SQL engineer starts with a profile review of their CV, projects and past pipelines or models, then a communication check, since data work depends on explaining results to non-technical stakeholders. A senior engineer runs the technical interview, probing SQL and query tuning, pipeline design, data quality checks, model evaluation and reproducibility, with live coding and a scenario drawn from real data problems. Only the top 1.5% of applicants are accepted and published.

Typical engagements

Build or rebuild data pipelines that move product and business data into your warehouse reliably
Take a machine learning model from notebook prototype to a monitored production service
Tune slow queries, clean up data models and add quality checks so dashboards can be trusted

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Review 3 to 4 hand-picked developers within 48 hours, then interview and assess fit.
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We handle contracts, payments, and admin, so you focus on scaling your team with confidence.

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FAQ about hiring Spark SQL Developer

How much does it cost to hire a Spark SQL engineer?

Dev-Hire charges one all-inclusive monthly rate per engineer, covering the engineer, payroll, benefits, equipment, free replacement and our fee. You see the rate on each profile, pay month to month, and never pay setup or placement fees.

Will a Spark SQL engineer overlap with my data and product team?

Yes. Engineers work your hours with a stated daily overlap, which leaves time for standups, requirement discussions with analysts and reviewing results together the same day.

How do you vet Spark SQL engineers for data and AI work?

After a profile review and a communication check, a senior engineer interviews each candidate with live coding and a realistic data scenario. You interview the shortlist yourself, and if the engineer is not the right fit, we replace them at no extra cost.

Should I hire one Spark SQL engineer or a data team?

One engineer works well for a focused pipeline or model. For a wider data platform, a dedicated team can combine data engineering, analytics and machine learning skills under your lead, or a managed team adds a Dev-Hire delivery lead. Either way, the shortlist arrives within 48 hours.

What we do for you

Rigorous Talent
Screening
We handpick developers who excel in coding, communication, and collaboration. Only the best move forward.
Tailored Team
Building
We don’t rely on algorithms. Every match is human-curated based on your goals and culture.
Seamless Setup
& Admin
We handle contracts, compliance, onboarding, and payments, so you stay focused on results.
Reliable Project
Backup
Dedicated success managers, free replacements, and proactive solutions whenever you need backup.