Gigster · 1 week ago
Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform (LatAm)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
7+ years expVirtasant is a global technology services company specializing in cloud architecture and optimization. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their client's Data Platform team, where the role involves architecting and building core services and integrations to enhance the data ecosystem.
AnalyticsAppsSaaSSoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build Automation & Tooling: Develop scalable backend services, APIs , and internal tools to automate data platform workflows (e.g., data onboarding , validation, pipeline orchestration, schema tracking, quality monitoring )
Data Platform Integration: Integrate tools with core data infrastructure , building pipelines ( Airflow, Spark, dbt, Kafka, Snowflake , or similar) to expose capabilities via APIs and UIs
Observability & Governance: Build visualization and monitoring components for data lineage, job health, and quality metrics
Collaboration: Work cross-functionally with data engineering, product, and DevOps teams to define requirements and deliver end-to-end solutions
Qualification
Required
You have to live in Latin America
7+ years of experience in data engineering or software development with at least 5 years building production-grade data or platform services
Strong programming skills in Python & SQL and at least one major data platform (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar)
Develop tooling for schema evolution, data contracts, and developer self-service
Deep experience with streaming, distributed compute, or S3-based table formats (Spark, Kafka, Iceberg/Delta/Hudi)
Experience with schema governance, metadata systems, and data quality frameworks
Understanding of orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, etc.)
Solid grasp of CI/CD and Docker
At least 2 years of experience in AWS
Experience with building data pipelines using dbt
Preferred
Experience with data observability, data catalog, or metadata management tools
Experience working with healthcare data (X12, FHIR)
Proven experience in data migration projects (legacy technologies to the latest technologies)
Experience building internal developer platforms or data portals
Understanding of authentication/authorization (OAuth2, JWT, SSO)
Benefits
Totally remote within Latin America, full-time (40h/week)
Stable, long-term independent contract agreement
Work hours - US Eastern time office hours
Company
Gigster
Gigster is the first team intelligence engine, enabling software development teams to achieve 30% higher efficiency.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$32.62MKey Investors
RedpointAndreessen Horowitz
2024-03-26Acquired
2017-08-29Series B· $20M
2015-12-07Series A· $10M
Leadership Team
Andy Tryba
CEO
Cory Hymel
Head of Academic Partnerships
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