Data Engineer | Latam
Cuesta Partners11 months ago
Bogotá, Colombia or Medellín, ColombiaMid Level / Senior
Responsibilities
- Develop scalable data ingestion pipelines and interfaces for analytics teams.
- Design, optimize, troubleshoot, and support data pipelines, interfaces, and data environments.
- Follow data models, engineering standards, specifications, controls, audits, and procedures to maintain data integrity and quality.
- Diagnose system and performance issues and support the business during critical downtimes and releases.
- Propose solutions to technical roadblocks and communicate dependencies and constraints.
- Collaborate with leadership, data architects, analytics teams, project delivery teams, and other stakeholders.
- Monitor emerging technologies and recommend tools and practices that support strategic goals.
- Follow IT auditing and systems access-control processes.
- Perform troubleshooting, bug fixes, and escalations for supported interfaces.
- Mentor junior developers and build relationships across the organization.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of relevant experience as a data engineering professional.
- Significant development and querying experience with SQL.
- Experience with ETL tools such as Keboola, Fivetran, Matillion, dbt, SSIS, or Alteryx.
- Experience with data warehouse technologies such as BigQuery, AWS Aurora, Redshift, or Oracle.
- Expertise in relational databases, database structures and design, systems design, data management, and data warehousing.
- Advanced programming skills and proficiency with Python or R.
- Expertise in data modeling and understanding of different data structures and their use cases.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or computer and information science.
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Spark, Hadoop, NoSQL, and other big-data tools is a plus.
- Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex is a plus.
- Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal abilities.
- Must be located in Bogotá, Medellín, Barranquilla, or Cali.
Benefits
- Prepaid health coverage for the employee and immediate family.
- Team engagement activities and events.
- Annual performance bonus.
- Career development and advancement opportunities.
- Hybrid work model with mostly remote work and one day per week in the office.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Occasional, infrequent travel to the United States may be required for critical sessions.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Cuesta Partners
Cuesta Partners is a technology consulting firm that helps organizations design and deliver digital, data, and AI solutions to drive business value. The partnership provides strategy, architecture, and hands-on implementation across cloud platforms, analytics, LLM/ML workflows, and cybersecurity for executives and product teams. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Chicago, it operates as a private partnership serving companies across industries through advisory and project-based engagements.