AWS Data Eng

Turtle Trax S.A.; United States; Remote; USD 49,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

Turtle Trax S.A. is seeking an AWS Data Engineer to join a remote team based in Mexico. This role demands 10+ years of experience and 100% hands-on work with advanced Python, SQL, and cloud data pipelines.

The ideal candidate will design and implement scalable ETL processes, orchestrate Airflow DAGs on AWS, optimize Snowflake queries, build DBT models, and ensure robust monitoring and security practices across data storage and integration tasks.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Hands-on with Python, SQL and cloud data platforms.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop reusable Python-based data pipelines and packages.
• Write and optimize ETL processes and Airflow DAGs.
• Monitor pipeline runs and reprocess errors when needed.
• Integrate data from S3 and other cloud storage; export/import formats.
• Design DBT models, tests and validation checks.
• Collaborate on AWS-based data storage, security and orchestration.

Skills

Python

ETL pipelines

Airflow

SQL advanced

Snowflake

DBT tests

CI/CD

AWS

S3

APIs

Unit testing

IAM

Job description

AWS Data Eng

Remote
Advanced english

Only México

Must have below:

10+ Years Experience

100% Hands on in the mentioned skills

Python and Data Pipelines:

Advanced Proficiency in Python concepts like Code Structures, Modules, Packages, Class, SubClass, Inheritance, Multi-Threading and Functional Programming.

Experience in developing reusable Python packages for internal or public usage

Ability to write automating ETL processes and scheduling jobs like Airflow DAG.

Ability to track job pipeline runs to reprocess error records

Ability to orchestration different pipelines to run in sequence or parallel.

Troubleshoot data pipeline errors and fix issues

Export or Import data to/from various formats like CSV, JSON, XML etc preferably from S3 or other cloud storage.

Experience in using AI IDE tool

SQL:

Advanced SQL skills, including complex joins, CTE's and subqueries

Experience in optimizing SQL queries for performance and optimization in data warehouse technologies preferably Snowflake

Testing and documentation:

Proficiency in Python unit, integration and system test.

Proficiency in implementing DBT tests for data validation and quality checks

Code Generation:

Experience in generating code using configurations using python and jinja templates

Version control:

Experience in GitHub, including implementing CI/CD process from scratch

AWS Expertise:

Data Storage solutions:

In depth understanding of AWS S3 for data storage, ECS, IAM including best practices for organization and security

Cloud Security:

Knowledge of AWS security best practices, including IAM roles, encryption standard, secure coding guidelines, DBT profiles access configurations and more.

Data Integration (nice to have):

Experience with AWS lambda for serverless data processing tasks

Workflow Orchestration (nice to have):

Proficiency in using Apache Airflow on AWS to design ,schedule and monitor complex data flows

Ability to integrate Airflow with AWS services and DBT models such as triggering a DBT model or EMR or reading from s3 writing to redshift or snowflake. Experience in API integrations to Salesforce, SFTP, SharePoint, One Drive and others.

DBT Core/ Cloud Proficiency (nice to have):

Experience in creating complex DBT models including full refresh, incremental models, snapshots, and documentation. Ability to write and maintain DBT macros for reusable code

Experience in creating custom DBT macros using jinja and Python allowing for reusable components within DBT models

Monitoring and Logging (nice to have):

Familiarity with AWS cloud watch, Data Dog for monitoring the pipelines and setting up alerts for workflow failures