Senior Data Engineer (Remote LATAM)

About the role

Abstra, a nearshore tech talent services company that sources Latin American tech talent for U.S. companies, is hiring a Senior Data Engineer. The role is 100% remote in LATAM, with working hours based on US Pacific Time. The engineer builds commercial products and delivers reliable, scalable and maintainable applications, owning projects end-to-end and collaborating with Product Managers.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain big data pipelines and data engineering solutions
• Collaborate with Product Managers to define requirements and implement solutions
• Ensure ongoing success after deployment and contribute technical insights to improve performance, stability and user experience
• Take part in code reviews and write unit and integration tests based on acceptance criteria

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering and building/maintaining big data pipelines
• 3+ years in agile environments (ideally Scrum) with cross-functional teams
• Experience designing, building and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with external services
• Ability to participate in code reviews and write unit and integration tests

Required skills

• Proficiency in Apache Spark
• Strongly-typed languages (Java / Scala preferred)
• Git and other version control tools
• Preferred: functional programming (Scala), experience with structured and unstructured data formats (XML, JSON, Parquet), and cyber security experience

What we offer

• Flexible working hours and remote work options
• Professional growth opportunities and a collaborative, inclusive environment
• Impactful projects with a talented team
• Compensation in USD and hardware and software setup