# Pricing — Mirza Hammad Tariq, Data & Automation Engineer

Data & Automation Engineer with 5+ years on AWS: ETL pipelines, backend APIs and automation workflows in Python, SQL and FastAPI, built to cost less to run.

All prices are starting rates for a typical engagement and are quoted per project
or per hour, not per seat. Final scope and price are fixed in a written proposal
before any work begins. Billing available in GBP, USD or EUR.

- Location: Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan (GMT+5, overlapping UK/EU mornings)
- Experience: 5+ years
- Engagement type: independent B2B supplier, outside IR35
- Contract day rate: from $720 per day, based on an 8-hour day at the hourly rate
  below. Roughly GBP 525 per day at the August 2026 exchange rate; the GBP or EUR
  figure is fixed in the written proposal rather than tracked daily.
- Currencies: GBP, USD, EUR
- Contact: hammadt451@gmail.com
- Book a discovery call: https://calendly.com/hammadt451/discovery-call

## Technical Consultation

- Price: From $90 per hour
- Day rate: From $720 per day (8-hour day)
- Best for: Architecture reviews and a clear technical roadmap for data platforms, pipelines, backends and AI features.

Included:
- Data architecture & warehouse review
- ETL / orchestration strategy
- Cloud, AI and pipeline cost audit
- Tech-stack & tooling recommendations

## Build & Ship

- Price: From $4,500 per project
- Best for: End-to-end delivery of a production-ready data pipeline, backend service or automation system.

Included:
- ETL / ELT pipelines (Dagster, dbt, Airflow)
- Cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery)
- Backend APIs & services (Python, FastAPI)
- Data-mart design & BI dashboards (Power BI)
- Data migration & legacy modernisation
- Dockerised, CI/CD-ready deployment on AWS
- Documentation & handover

## Automation & AI Integration

- Price: From $2,800 per engagement
- Best for: Manual work turned into systems that run themselves, and AI features that hold up in production.

Included:
- Workflow & process automation (quotes, ingestion, reporting)
- Web scraping & data extraction at scale
- LLM integration and AI features in production
- AI and cloud cost attribution & reduction

## Engagement terms

- **Outside IR35 by default**: I engage as an independent supplier on fixed-scope, deliverable-based contracts, not a disguised employee. No agency, no umbrella company, no payroll obligation on your side.
- **A real daily overlap**: Based in Pakistan on GMT+5, my core hours overlap European and UK mornings, and I take later calls when US teams need them. You get same-day answers, not overnight handoffs.
- **Fixed scope, fixed price**: A clear proposal, milestones and timeline before work starts, quoted in your currency. You own all code, pipelines and documentation on delivery.

## What is not charged for

- Initial discovery call and scoping conversation: free.
- Written proposal with fixed scope, milestones and timeline: free.
- Handover documentation at the end of a build: included in the project price.

## Frequently asked questions

**Are you inside or outside IR35?**

Outside IR35. I work as an independent B2B supplier on fixed-scope, deliverable-based contracts, not a disguised employee, so there is no umbrella company or payroll obligation on your side. Each engagement is scoped to outcomes and deliverables.

**How do you contract with overseas companies?**

As a B2B supplier: a simple services agreement, fixed scope with milestones, invoiced per deliverable or stage. I am based in Pakistan and bill in GBP, USD or EUR via bank transfer or Wise.

**What are your working hours?**

I work on GMT+5. That overlaps European and UK mornings, and I am flexible for later calls with US teams, so there is a dependable window for calls and same-day answers rather than an overnight gap.

**Who owns the code and the IP?**

You do. On delivery and final payment, all code, pipelines and documentation are yours, with a clean handover so your team can run and extend them without me.

**Can we start with something small?**

Yes. Many engagements begin with a paid technical consultation or a single contained deliverable, so you can assess fit and quality before committing to a larger build.

## Free tools (no signup, no cost)

- AWS Glue Cost Calculator: https://www.thehammadtariq.com/tools/aws-glue-cost-calculator
- LLM API Cost Calculator: https://www.thehammadtariq.com/tools/llm-api-cost-calculator
- JSON to SQL Schema generator: https://www.thehammadtariq.com/tools/json-to-sql-schema

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Human-readable version: https://www.thehammadtariq.com/services
Site overview for AI systems: https://www.thehammadtariq.com/llms.txt