CRG Costa Rica is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join a high-impact international project. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering scalable data solutions that support analytics, business intelligence, and AI-driven initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on technical expertise with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams, ensuring data solutions meet quality, reliability, performance, and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable data pipelines using Databricks, Spark, and cloud-native technologies.
• Build and optimize metadata-driven ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Integrate data from multiple internal and external systems into analytics-ready datasets.
• Support AI/ML and advanced analytics initiatives through high-quality data assets.
• Implement data quality controls, monitoring, and validation frameworks.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline failures and resolve production issues.
• Optimize data processing performance and ensure operational reliability.
• Collaborate with Data Science, Analytics, Product, and Engineering teams.
• Develop curated datasets for reporting and visualization platforms such as Tableau and Power BI.
• Provide technical mentorship and contribute to engineering best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in Data Engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark.
• Advanced SQL skills, including complex transformations and query optimization.
• Strong experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT solutions.
• Experience with distributed data processing and streaming technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, Hadoop, or Spark Streaming.
• Experience with ETL orchestration tools such as Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Informatica, Talend, or IBM DataStage.
• Experience supporting production environments, troubleshooting issues, and resolving data-related incidents.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional-level English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with AWS-based data platforms.
• Exposure to Analytics, Business Intelligence, and AI/ML solutions.
• Previous consulting experience.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on innovative data and AI initiatives.
• Collaboration with global teams and industry-leading technologies.
• Dynamic and fast-paced environment focused on innovation and continuous improvement.