SQL & Analytics Engineer Expert

What you'll do

You build the SQL and data modeling scenarios that AfterQuery's AI lab customers use to test model judgment. The ad lists four tasks: author realistic analytics scenarios from raw tables through tested data models; write reference answers with the modeling and query reasoning behind each decision; grade model output for SQL correctness and warehouse efficiency; and flag queries that read clean but return wrong or expensive results.

The grading side matters: a model-written query that runs is not necessarily a correct or cheap one, and spotting that is the skill the ad is selling.

Who fits

• 2+ years of professional analytics engineering or SQL-heavy analytics work
• Expert SQL across joins, window functions, CTEs and query optimization
• Hands-on experience with a modern warehouse such as BigQuery, Snowflake or Redshift
• Clear written English for documenting data modeling reasoning
• Able to commit at least 10 hours per week
• Preferred: dbt or a similar transformation framework; dimensional or semantic data modeling; orchestration exposure such as Airflow or Dagster

What it pays

The board headlines $80/hr. The ad's contract section states $60 to $100/hr, paid weekly via Stripe, and says your rate is set from your experience and not negotiated down after you start. This listing records the $60 to $100 range.

How hiring works

The ad lays out five steps: apply (about five minutes, a resume plus a few structured questions); resume review against a published rubric, with a decision on every application; a written assessment you may be asked to take for further placement; onboarding, where you sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe and get platform access; and a project match, usually within a week of onboarding.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Stated range, weekly pay and a rate set from experience
• Fully remote and async with no fixed hours, a 10 hour minimum and no maximum
• The ad states there is no screen recording, keystroke monitoring or idle timers
• Ongoing project work rather than single task batches

Less good:

• A 10 hour weekly minimum applies
• The assessment is described as something you "may" be asked to take, so the path to a first project is not guaranteed
• The ad does not say how many projects are available at any time

About this listing

Read from the AfterQuery Experts board on 18 October 2026, posted 27 August 2026. The pay range, hours, hiring steps and terms are the ad's own text. See AfterQuery.