Principal Data Engineer - Remote, Stock Options

Nexaminds; Mexico; Remote; MXN 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Remote work options

Flexible working hours

Benefits above the law

Mentorship opportunities

Job summary

Nexaminds in Mexico is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve scalable data solutions within a Microsoft Azure and Databricks ecosystem. You will define enterprise data strategies, guide engineers, and ensure scalable, reliable data platforms that meet business needs.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership across teams, data modeling across domains, governance, and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Software Architecture, or related field.
• Experience at Principal/Architect or senior technical level in enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical).
• Ability to define enterprise data strategies and architecture roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Strong experience translating complex business requirements into scalable data models.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise data strategy for a large-scale modernization initiative.
• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models across complex business domains.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data architecture and modeling strategies.
• Establish data architecture principles, standards, patterns, and reusable models for engineering teams.
• Lead the architectural approach for data modernization, migration, and transformation initiatives.
• Analyze complex data environments and identify opportunities for decomposition, consolidation, standardization, and modernization.
• Define scalable data architectures using Databricks, Azure, and the Microsoft data ecosystem.
• Guide decisions around relational and NoSQL data stores, data structures, integration patterns, scalability, and performance.
• Partner with Engineering and Solution Architects to align data models, application architecture, services, and business domains.
• Work closely with Product and Business stakeholders to translate capabilities into enterprise data solutions.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to Senior Data Engineers and other teams.
• Drive consistency and alignment of data architecture across teams and workstreams.
• Identify data-related risks and trade-offs and establish strategies to address them.
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and evolution of the data platform.
• Champion data quality, governance, scalability, security, and maintainability.

Skills

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

Data modeling

Data architecture

Enterprise data strategy

SQL/NoSQL databases

Leadership

Communication

Architecture roadmaps

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Azure services

NoSQL databases

Relational databases

Job description

Nexaminds in Mexico is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve scalable data solutions within a Microsoft Azure and Databricks ecosystem. You will define enterprise data strategies, guide engineers, and ensure scalable, reliable data platforms that meet business needs.

The role emphasizes architecture leadership across teams, data modeling across domains, governance, and modernization initiatives.