Senior Data Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Serve as a senior technical expert in Data Engineering, establishing data modeling and architectural standards along with best practices for scalable data pipelines.

• Lead impactful data engineering projects across various domains.

• Collaborate with Product, Finance, Engineering, and other business teams to convert strategic requirements into effective data solutions.

• Evaluate build-versus-buy options to optimize impact and efficiency in product analytics and infrastructure.

• Manage technical debt while ensuring the systems' scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

• Report directly to the Head of Data.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a senior data engineer.

• Direct ownership of extensive data pipelines and intricate data architectures.

• Strong technical judgment, problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and a mindset focused on process efficiency.

• Familiarity with contemporary data engineering best practices, including data lakes, lakehouse architectures, and ETL/ELT methodologies.

• Experience in designing and managing cloud-native data platforms on AWS, covering orchestration, storage, compute, and IAM.

• Proficient in orchestration and workflow tools such as Airflow.

• Basic understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools like Terraform.

• Experience in building and managing batch and streaming data systems, including the trade-offs involved; examples include Kafka, Kinesis, and Spark Streaming.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a distributed, international setting.

• Preferred: Familiarity with DBT, metadata/catalog tools, DMS, AppFlow, SQS/SNS, Data Mesh, domain-driven data, and production-grade software systems.

• Must reside in Brazil.

• Must adhere to Brasilia Standard Time.

• Employment will be under a CLT contract.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive and fair compensation informed by market benchmarks.

• Regular reviews of base salaries, typically aligned with annual performance evaluations or promotions.

• A remote-first culture offering increased flexibility.

• Opportunities for in-person company and team events throughout the year.

• Commitment to being an equal opportunity employer.

• Accommodations available for applications and job performance.