Lead Data Engineer

redwoodlogistics; Santiago de Querétaro; Remote; MXN 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Insurance

Health Insurance

Christmas bonus (30 days Aguinaldo)

Vacation days 12+ (per Mexican law)

Cell Phone Allowance

Job summary

Redwood Logistics is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to steer a team of data engineers in designing, building, and maintaining scalable pipelines, a Data Vault, and multiple data warehouses. You will partner with stakeholders across departments to deliver critical metrics and shape data strategy.

The role emphasizes mentorship, backlog management, and collaboration with business and tech leaders to advance the modern data stack while supporting a remote, full-time work model.

Qualifications

• 8+ years technology experience with databases and data platforms.
• Strong SQL development and performance tuning.
• Experience building data pipelines and data warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers.
• Oversee backlog grooming and sprint planning for data projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver key metrics across departments.
• Evaluate new tools and platforms to improve data infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Data Vault, Data Warehouse, and Data Marts.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

Azure

AWS

Fivetran

Data Vault 2.0

REST API

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Lead Data Engineer

Reports To: Principal Data Engineer

Location: Monterrey o Querétaro, México

Environment: Remote

Work Schedule:

This position is full-time and remote Monday through Friday with an hour break

Who We Are:

Recognized by Gartner in their Modern 4PL Market Guide, Redwood Logistics is at the forefront of industry innovation. Our cutting-edge supply chain technology pairs with the expertise of our brilliant minds to empower logistics execution across North America and Mexico.

Leveraging a comprehensive range of services, data-centric network solutions, and a seamlessly integrated platform, we have established our prominence as a key player in the mid-market segment within the freight tech industry.

Whether you’re just starting your career or are an established professional looking for your next opportunity, Redwood inspires innovation across teams to provide transformative solutions for our customers.

Purpose of Your Work:

As Lead Data Engineer working within Shared Services (one of our entities), you will be responsible for leading a team of data engineers working on designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, a data vault, and various data warehouses and marts. You will work with stakeholders across all departments to deliver key metrics across a variety of functional areas, as well as participate in establishing data strategy.

How You Make a Difference Everyday:

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise
• Manage backlog grooming, sprint planning, and prioritization activities for data engineering projects
• Collaborate with business and technical leaders to set and execute both strategic and tactical initiatives
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies in data engineering. Identify and evaluate new platforms and tools to enhance the tech stack and improve data infrastructure and processes
• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines from various TMS and other data sources.
• Design and implement new data structures or extend existing structures to support evolving business requirements
• Ensure the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of data through effective data validation and monitoring processes
• Develop and maintain our Data Vault, Data Warehouse, and Data Marts to deliver key metrics to operational and business stakeholders
• Collaborate with a wide variety of users, including internal stakeholders, executives, clients, engineers, and external vendors
• Improve and harden processes like code deployments, data validation, error handling/alerting, data democratization, and modernizing tech debt

You’ve Got This?

• Bachelor’s Degree required (or equivalent experience); preference in Business Administration, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field
• Creative thinker who is intellectually curious, with a passion for solving puzzles and continuous learning
• 8+ years technology experience with one or more of the following:
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (Aurora, MySQL)
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Snowflake
  • Exceptional SQL development and performance tuning skills
• Strong experience with Python language, libraries, applications, and concepts:
  • Pandas
  • Streamlit
  • NumPy
  • Understanding of JSON and CSV
  • Requests
• Experience with the following is a strong plus:
  • TMS, WMS, or other enterprise logistics platforms
  • Data Vault 2.0
  • Fivetran
  • Azure Data Factory
  • REST API
  • Proficiency in clouds platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Coalesce.io
  • YAML
• Experience with git, DevOps, and CI/CD is a strong plus
• Self-starter, entrepreneurial, highly adaptable who can take initiative in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong communication and leadership skills

What We Offer:

• Access to experts and resources for your Learning & Development journey
• Opportunity for internal mobility
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Annual fundraising and volunteer events to give back to communities
• Employee referral bonus program
• Life Insurance policy for you starting 30 days after employment
• Personal Health Insurance coverage for you – Major Medical
• 30 days Aguinaldo Christmas bonus or prorated percentage your first year
• Vacation time starts at 12 days. Additional days will increase per Mexican Law
• Premium Vacation 50% vacation days (Prima vacacional)
• You will also receive benefits like Saving Plan (Fondo de Ahorro) and Food Coupons (Vales De Despensa) 6% or the Maximum amount by Mexican Law
• You will be provided with a Cell Phone Allowance of $800 pesos per month minus applicable taxes

Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions at the Company are based on individual merit, qualifications, abilities, and the Company’s needs and resources. The Company does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotions, discipline, termination or any other aspect of employment on the basis of an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, military service or status, genetic information, arrest and conviction record, credit history, or any other basis protected by applicable law.