Senior Data Engineer

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5-10 years experience
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The Senior Data Engineer will design and optimize scalable data pipelines and cloud data warehousing solutions to meet strategic business goals. They will partner with stakeholders to translate analytics needs into technical documentation and deliver user-facing reporting and dashboards.

Who we are

We are a global IT service company based in Uruguay, serving humans like humans. We provide staffing and delivery team services to companies seeking a strategic partner for their products and services. Our mission is to revolutionize people’s lives through work, improving each person’s world and our ecosystem.

In 2019, 2020, and 2021 we were recognized by Clutch as one of the best B2B development companies in Latin America. We are ranked #10 among companies in Argentina by The Manifest, verified as a Latin America service provider by the Inter-American Development Bank (BID), and partners with CUTI.

We value people who are collaborative, curious, results-driven, and who take ownership. We embrace individuals who want to be themselves, have daily flexibility, grow, learn, and make a difference wherever the opportunity presents itself.

Role overview

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be the technical backbone of our client’s data ecosystem, bridging complex data engineering work with strategic business goals. You will partner closely with business stakeholders to understand analytics needs, design robust data transformations, and translate functional and non-functional requirements into clear, actionable engineering documentation.

You will gather, model, and aggregate large datasets, build and optimize high-performance SQL, and improve relational databases and cloud data warehouses. You will also drive data integrity through root-cause analysis across internal and external pipelines, and deliver user-facing reporting and analytics solutions.

Key responsibilities

  • Partner directly with business stakeholders to deeply understand analytics needs and pipeline requirements.

  • Translate complex stakeholder requirements into practical, detailed technical engineering documentation.

  • Assess existing data architectures and define optimal strategies and methodologies for delivering high-value business insights.

  • Identify and execute critical data transformations to refine raw data into optimized, production-ready datasets and deliverables.

  • Gather, model, and aggregate large and complex datasets that meet functional and non-functional enterprise requirements.

  • Design, build, and optimize complex SQL queries and scalable data pipelines for end-user analytics.

  • Develop intuitive reports, data visualizations, and interactive dashboards for end users.

  • Conduct deep-dive root cause analysis on internal/external data sources and pipeline processes to detect anomalies, resolve issues, and drive continuous performance improvements.

  • Design, build, and deploy scalable data warehousing solutions using Snowflake or equivalent modern cloud platforms.

 

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Advanced SQL & relational databases: Expert-level SQL with daily hands-on experience building complex queries, indexing, and working with relational databases.

  • Cloud data warehousing: Proven experience with Snowflake (or an equivalent modern cloud data warehouse).

  • Scripting & programming: Advanced proficiency in an object-oriented and/or functional language such as Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc., for data engineering and automation.

  • Data visualization & BI tools: Experience building production-grade reports and interactive dashboards in Tableau, Power BI, or similar.

  • Analytical & problem-solving skills: Strong ability to perform root-cause analysis across processes and datasets to resolve complex data issues and identify opportunities for optimization.

  • Mindset: Fast learner, highly organized, detail-oriented, with strong ownership and a problem-solving drive.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Sigma for modern cloud-native analytics.

  • Retail domain experience, especially in Financial Planning or Merchandising / Inventory Planning.

What we offer

  • Competitive salaries across LATAM (USD).

  • 100% remote work from anywhere in LATAM.

  • A collaborative, fast-growing global team.

  • Daily collaboration with international teams, including the US.

  • High-visibility role with ownership and direct business impact.

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