Freelance Data Engineer - Global Migration & Wealth Flow Research
Role Overview
This is a senior-level freelance data engineering role focused on global migration and wealth flow research. Day-to-day, you will scrape, clean, and maintain datasets from public and private sources, reconcile conflicting data, and produce comprehensive annual reports. You'll work independently or in a small team to build reproducible pipelines and deliver high-quality datasets that impact economic and policy decisions.
Perks & Benefits
The role is fully remote, offering flexibility in location and schedule, though time zone alignment for collaboration may be expected. It provides opportunities for career growth through exposure to high-impact research and diverse data sources, with a culture emphasizing rigor, verification, and continuous learning in a data-driven environment.
Full Job Description
We're looking for someone who lives and breathes scraping, finding, maintaining, and manipulating data.
You'll scrape, clean, and maintain datasets from public and private sources, then compile the most comprehensive annual report on global wealth migration.
Requirements
Strong scraping and data wrangling skills
Experience with public data APIs (UN DESA, OECD, World Bank, IMF, Eurostat)
Ability to reconcile conflicting sources and methodologies
Statistical fluency: time series, demographic modeling, flow reconciliation
Rigorous: verify every number, source every claim
Experience with AI tools for data extraction and automation preferred
Responsibilities
Identify, scrape, ingest, and clean data from every credible source on migration and wealth flows
Maintain unified master dataset with version control, metadata, and reproducible pipelines
Track and compare data definitions across institutions, flag gaps
Produce visualizations and tables that withstand scrutiny from economists and policymakers
Compile annual comprehensive report on migration and wealth flows
Continuously discover new data sources and expand coverage
Deliver clean, well-structured datasets ready for publication
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