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.