Cientista De Dados Junior jobs in Brazil

Cheesecake Labs is a software design and development company that delivers digital products that drive business impact.

Today, with more than 10 years of experience connected to Silicon Valley, Cheesecake Labs has delivered 300+ digital products for a diverse range of clients, from Fortune 500 to fast-growing startups, that have the challenge of innovating in the world’s most competitive markets.

Among our clients, we have leading brands such as AB InBev, Singularity University, FINN and Tapcart.

Our commitment to high-quality services has earned us recognition as the Top 1 Mobile Development company in Latin America and among the top 10 globally for Mobile App and Custom Software Development by Clutch and a GPTW-certified company for 9 years in a row.

We’re looking for a strategic and hands‑on Staff Data Engineer to help us shape modern data platforms and enable AI‑powered solutions for our clients. This role is ideal for someone passionate about transforming how organizations handle, process, and use data to unlock business value through modernization and scalability.

As a client‑facing consultant, you’ll work closely with engineering, product, and business teams to design and implement modern data architectures that are ready to integrate with the new generation of AI‑driven applications.

• +monthly dollar bonus up to $ 1.400,00
• + iPhone or gadgets after the 3 months experience (only for senior positions)
• + R$ 1.456,00/month on Beneflex card (home office supplies, mobility, meal allowance, culture, health, education)
• MacBook setup to work
• GPTW company for 9 years in a row
• Remote‑first policy: work from home, from a coffee shop, or in the office – anywhere in Brazil you feel good about, your call! #beofficeless
• Stock options plan (Senior and Leader positions)
• Flexible working hours
• Referral candidate bonus (R$1.000,00)
• National health & dental care (not deducted from the employee’s paycheck)
• Free English Classes (remote)
• Educaker = budget for personal and professional development purposes
• Extended Parental Leave including maternity leave, paternity leave, and adoption leave.
• Miss the working in the office? Our cool Florianópolis office is available for those who feel comfortable, whenever they want. Pet‑friendly office.

• Lead the end‑to‑end architecture of modern data pipelines, from ingestion to transformation to analytics and AI‑readiness.
• Engage with clients to understand current data maturity, pain points, and modernization opportunities.
• Design scalable architectures aligned with Modern Data Stack (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, DBT, Airflow, Spark).
• Define data models, data contracts, and governance best practices.
• Provide technical guidance to data engineers and software engineers during implementation.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to prepare datasets and pipelines for downstream GenAI and ML use cases.
• Advocate for quality, security, observability, and cost‑efficient data architecture.

• English proficiency
• 5–8+ years in Data Engineering / Data Architecture roles.
• Strong experience designing data pipelines (batch and/or streaming).
• Solid experience with at least one cloud ecosystem (AWS, GCP or Azure).
• Experience with:
  • Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery or similar
  • DBT
  • Airflow / Prefect / Dagster
  • Apache Spark (nice‑to‑have)
• Ability to design and communicate architecture diagrams, data flows, and extensible patterns.
• Strong client‑facing communication: capable of leading discovery sessions and defending technical decisions.
• Experience working with cross‑functional product teams (backend, frontend, QA, AI).
• Solid understanding of data quality, lineage, observability, governance, and cost optimization.
• Applicants must live in Brazil and have a Brazilian bank account, be legally allowed to provide services to a Brazilian entity and willingness to receive in Brazilian local currency (Real R$)

Nice to Have:

• Hands‑on ML or AI integration experience.
• Experience in consulting or service companies.
• Experience in multi‑tenant or high‑compliance environments.

IMPORTANT TIP -> The communication during the selection process is done by email. We suggest that you keep an eye on your email inboxes and set the permission to receive messages from @cheesecakelabs.hire.trakstar.com so our messages will not be directed to the spam box ;)

We know that many people — especially women, black individuals, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups — often hesitate to apply for a job unless they meet every single requirement. We've seen this firsthand at Cheesecake Labs, with amazing candidates who underestimated their own skills.

We value diverse backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other characteristic that makes you who you are.

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at careers@cheesecakelabs.com.

The collected personal data will be used only to manage and control candidate resumes in order to assess the necessary requirements such as the contact information, and also to conduct this selection process.

The collected data will not be shared with others (“third parties”) without your authorization, and their use will be restricted to Cheesecake Labs internal staff, and also to the service providers that process your data for the selection process. At any time, you can contact us and we will remove your data from our data collection system. In order to do that, just simply send an email to careers@cheesecakelabs.com.