Encora

Lead Data Engineer

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1 month ago
Remote, Peru +3 moreStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, set technical direction, conduct code reviews, and drive engineering excellence.
  • Own the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable data platforms, pipelines, and data models.
  • Define and lead migration strategies from Snowflake and SSIS to Azure Databricks and DBT.
  • Drive Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD adoption, architectural standards, troubleshooting, and stakeholder collaboration.
  • Lead data quality, observability, cloud integration, data governance, and large-scale data transformation initiatives.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of data engineering experience, including at least 2–3 years in a Lead or Staff-level role.
  • Proven experience owning system design and leading implementations of large-scale data platforms.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with Snowflake, Azure Databricks, DBT, Python, and advanced SQL.
  • Experience with thousands of DBT models and pipelines processing terabytes of data daily.
  • Deep understanding of data architecture, data modeling, distributed data systems, and ETL/ELT frameworks.
  • Extensive experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based version control.
  • Experience leading cloud-to-cloud migrations, preferably from AWS to Azure.
  • Previous insurance or financial services experience, including claims, policies, underwriting, or risk domains.
  • Experience leading and developing engineering teams through mentoring, training, and performance management.
  • Preferred experience with data governance, observability, data quality, security and compliance, Kafka, Event Hubs, Delta Live Tables, lakehouse architectures, streaming technologies, and multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.

Benefits

  • Remote work arrangement.
  • Role available in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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About Encora

5,001-10,000 employees

Encora provides software and digital product engineering services for technology companies and enterprises, including cloud-native development, data engineering, and QA. It operates a global delivery model and supports outsourced product development and managed engineering teams. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Encora is privately held and was acquired by Coforge; it previously raised $200 million in private equity funding in 2019.

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