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