Distro

Data Engineer

Distro

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Argentina

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Salary

💰 $3,000 - $3,500 per month

Job Level

About the role

  • Collaborate with Architects to develop high-quality data pipelines for research, operations, and public web applications.
  • Support current and future reporting and analytics solutions.
  • Apply expertise in data architecture, data engineering, and reporting.
  • Architect, design, and build scalable, robust, and efficient data pipelines using Azure Data Factory and other cloud-native tools.
  • Establish best practices for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and access, optimizing for performance and cost-efficiency.
  • Design and implement complex data models, schemas, and partitioning strategies for analytical and operational workloads.
  • Champion modern data modeling strategies such as medallion architecture.
  • Define and enforce frameworks for data quality, lineage, and observability.
  • Enhance data platform infrastructure including CI/CD, monitoring, cost optimization, and failover strategies.
  • Optimize performance of SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases and cloud services by identifying and resolving bottlenecks.
  • Collaborate with product, analytics, and business teams to translate business goals into data architecture and pipeline solutions.
  • Serve as the technical subject matter expert for data platforms and initiatives.
  • Identify automation opportunities, streamline operations, and promote data democratization.
  • Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational playbooks.
  • Ensure architectural consistency and enforce data security across all services and platforms.
  • Work with Architects to model analytical data models, data warehouses, pipelines, and ETL processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering or data platform development with a record of delivering production-grade solutions.
  • Expertise in Azure Data Factory, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL for data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
  • Strong knowledge of data warehousing principles, dimensional modeling, and scalable ETL/ELT pipeline development.
  • Experience with cloud services, preferably Azure, and data security protocols.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or Scala focused on building maintainable and testable data solutions.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Proven leadership ability and experience delivering quality data solutions.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Familiarity with machine learning methodologies and data science models.
  • Azure or other cloud services certifications are a plus.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringdata architecturedata modelingETLELTdata ingestiondata transformationdata storagePythonScala
Soft Skills
problem-solvingattention to detailleadershipcommunicationcollaboration
Certifications
Azure certification