Senior Databricks Data Engineer — Remote & Flexible

BairesDev; Colombia; Remote; COP 382,153,000 - 509,538,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive USD salary

Home office setup

Flexible hours

Parental leave

Mentorship & growth

Job summary

BairesDev is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (Databricks) to join our global remote team. You will architect and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, build durable data models, and ensure data quality within a lakehouse architecture using Databricks, Airflow, and dbt.

You’ll collaborate across teams, own end-to-end data workflows, and help deliver production-ready analytics datasets. This role offers 100% remote work, flexible hours, and competitive USD compensation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering.
• Proven expertise in designing and optimizing data pipelines in Databricks lakehouse environments.
• Proficiency in orchestrating complex workflows using Apache Airflow.
• Hands-on experience with data transformation and modeling using dbt and SQL.
• Strong background in building scalable and maintainable analytics-ready datasets.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks and Apache Spark for high-throughput data processing.
• Design and implement durable data models and schemas within a Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers).
• Orchestrate complex data workflows and manage task dependencies using Airflow to ensure data freshness and reliability.
• Leverage dbt and SQL to transform raw datasets into clean, well-documented, and production-ready data products.
• Optimize pipeline performance and compute resource usage through effective partitioning, caching, and query tuning.
• Implement data quality checks and automated testing standards to ensure the integrity and governance of the data lakehouse.

Skills

Databricks lakehouse

Airflow orchestration

dbt modeling

SQL querying

Data modeling

Data pipelines design

English proficiency

Tools

Databricks

Airflow

dbt

SQL

Job description

BairesDev is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (Databricks) to join our global remote team. You will architect and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, build durable data models, and ensure data quality within a lakehouse architecture using Databricks, Airflow, and dbt.

You’ll collaborate across teams, own end-to-end data workflows, and help deliver production-ready analytics datasets. This role offers 100% remote work, flexible hours, and competitive USD compensation.