1d ago

Lead Data Engineer

Panama City, Panama

$150k-$200k / yearest.

full-timesenior Remotemedia

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead scalable data engineering efforts for a profitable digital media company reaching 30M+ monthly visitors. You'll build and optimize ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure on AWS to empower cross-functional teams. As a remote-first team spanning over 15 countries, you'll accelerate your career by owning outcomes and driving impact.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Build and optimize ETL pipelines and data lake processes
  • Own data ingestion, modeling, and transformation for reporting
  • Partner with BI and Analytics to deliver query-ready datasets
  • Maintain database monitoring, anomaly detection, and QA workflows

📋 Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering within cloud-native environments
  • Deep expertise in Python, SQL, Docker, and AWS (S3, Glue, Kinesis, Athena/Presto)
  • Experience building scalable ETL pipelines and data lake infrastructure
  • Familiarity with distributed systems, Spark, and data quality best practices

✨ Nice to Have

  • Experience with Looker dashboards
  • Mentoring experience
  • Knowledge of data quality and auditability

🎁 Benefits & Perks

  • 🏖️ Remote-first culture with global team
  • 📈 High-growth environment with ownership and impact
  • 💡 Accelerate your career by owning outcomes

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-3 weeks · AI estimate

  1. 1Recruiter Call· 30 min
  2. 2Technical Screen· 60 min
  3. 3Hiring Manager Interview· 45 min
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