Data Architect, Contractor

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance scalable modern data platforms, pipelines, and workflows.

• Collaborate closely with team members to determine project requirements.

• Implement comprehensive data architectures that prioritize scalability, analytics, and AI readiness.

• Define and refine strategies for data modeling, ingestion processes, transformations, and orchestration workflows.

• Partner with software engineers, AI engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders to ensure technical decisions support business objectives.

• Operate across cloud-native data platforms, as well as relational and non-relational databases, utilizing modern data stack tools.

• Engage in technical and strategic discussions with international clients and multidisciplinary teams.

• Assist with infrastructure, pipelines, architecture, AI integration, analytics, and modernization projects.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in developing scalable data architectures and modern data engineering solutions.

• Proficiency with contemporary data stack technologies like Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, or similar tools.

• Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT workflows, orchestration, and distributed data systems.

• Experience with both relational and non-relational databases, cloud-native data platforms, and large-scale enterprise architectures.

• Capability to navigate ambiguity, adapt to evolving business needs, and respond to rapidly changing technical environments.

• Advanced proficiency in English for effective communication in calls, discussions, and asynchronous collaboration with international clients and teams.

• Experience utilizing AI in daily workflows for automation, query generation, documentation, workflow enhancement, or operational support.

• Familiarity with Spark, Kafka, Delta Lake, AI integration projects, or distributed data systems is a strong advantage.

• Valid business registration in the candidate’s country, such as CNPJ, VAT, EIN, or equivalent.

• Bank account capable of receiving USD payments.

• Ability to issue invoices as required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation in USD per hour.

• Remote-first / Fully remote work environment.

• Flexible project allocation based on availability and suitability.

• Project opportunities may vary in duration, scope, and weekly commitment according to client needs.

• Chance to engage with diverse products, clients, technologies, and business challenges.

• Some projects may commence immediately.