Senior Data Engineer

Remote position (only for professionals based in LATAM)

RYZ LABS is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join one of our client's team from the hospitality industry.

Their mission is to build the data platform that enables them to access, transform, and analyze data to derive insights that enhance guest experiences and improve revenues. They aim to empower the teams with the tools and capabilities to leverage data effectively, driving innovation and continuous improvement across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Build key components of our client's rocketship:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines using Python,
  
  
  

Airflow, and other tools.

• Collaborate closely with data scientists and analysts to understand their
  
  
  

requirements and translate them into efficient data processing workflows.

• Manage and optimize data storage and querying in Snowflake to ensure high
  
  
  

performance and reliability.

• Implement best practices for data governance, security, and privacy
• Coordinate and participate in on-call rotations
• Develop a culture of high ownership, innovation, empathy, and collaboration
• Make investments in engineering reliability, productivity, and excellence
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the world to drive teams towards high
  
  
  

impact

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining data
  
  
  

platforms.

• Proficiency building software systems, testing, and the fundamental principles of
  
  
  

software design (e.g. SOLID).

• Proficiency in Python and experience with data engineering libraries and
  
  
  

frameworks.

• Experience optimizing query performance on cloud data warehouse platforms
  
  
  

and relational databases (e.g. Snowflake).

• Experience with DBT for data transformation
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow)
• Familiarity with DevOps tooling (e.g. Docker, K8S, Helm, Github Actions)
• Familiarity with various components of cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS)
• Excellent team player with strong communication skills
• Comfortable collaborating with stakeholders and navigating ambiguity to
  
  
  

understand product requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering and/or equivalent
  
  
  

Experience

About RYZ Labs:

RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.

Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.

At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.

Our values and what to expect:

• Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer
• Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated
• Ownership - step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility
• Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone that interacts with RYZ with respect
• Frugality - being frugal and cost-conscious helps us do more with less
• Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way
• Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, our expectations. Status quo is not good enough and never should be