Senior Forward Deployed Data Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the technical implementation for new enterprise clients throughout Latin America, from the initial data discovery phase to production deployment.

• Determine and execute the optimal deployment strategy: Managed ClickHouse or Warehouse-Native.

• Utilize Hilbert's Discovery Agent to generate reports, propose mappings, and expedite v1 pipeline development.

• Create semantic definitions for custom enterprise data to ensure accurate ground truth for the agentic conversation engine.

• Convert various source data into Hilbert's unified growth models for machine learning systems.

• Lead crucial enterprise implementations while ensuring the technology stack operates effectively within the customer's infrastructure.

• Design deployments and tackle intricate data integration challenges.

• Collaborate directly with customer data and technical teams.

• Work alongside the Data Discovery Agent to evaluate customer data, recommend mapping alternatives, and produce pipeline versions.

• Assist in establishing technical processes, best practices, and the operational model for Hilbert's growth in LATAM.

• Engage in regular travel for customer onboarding, implementation, and significant deployment milestones.

• Work collaboratively with Hilbert teams across various time zones in the US and Europe.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proficient fluency in both English and Spanish is mandatory.

• Knowledge of Portuguese is highly advantageous.

• Experience in optimizing ClickHouse queries is essential.

• Proficient in writing native Snowpark or BigQuery SQL.

• Familiarity with implementing data orchestration scripts using Python.

• Capacity to define metadata, business logic, and semantic definitions for custom enterprise data.

• Ability to collaborate directly with customer Data Architects and technical teams.

• Comfortable working directly with enterprise clients and willing to be on-site when necessary.

• Experience with modern data warehouse solutions and their optimization techniques.

• Familiarity with dbt is a plus.

• Understanding of semantic layer frameworks such as Cube or MetricQL is an asset.

• Background in e-commerce, retail, marketplaces, or consumer technology is advantageous.

• Knowledge of revenue metrics, order lifecycle, LTV, CAC, and attribution is a bonus.

• Experience in constructing an agentic workflow is a bonus.

• Familiarity with complex enterprise technical implementations is a plus.

• Experience in an early-stage startup or in building a new engineering function, market, or regional team is advantageous.

• Willingness to consider potential future relocation within Latin America.

🏝️ Benefits

• The position begins as a remote role.

• Frequent travel to collaborate directly with customers across the region.

• Opportunity to contribute to the establishment of Hilbert's presence and the first LATAM hub.

• Opportunity to influence deployment, support, and scaling processes in a new market.

• Collaborate with Hilbert teams across the US and Europe.