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Senior Data Engineer – Data Quality & Observability | Remote 1789

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in similar data engineering roles
  • Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise Data Quality frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with GX Core (Great Expectations) or similar tools such as Soda
  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Redshift

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement a scalable data quality framework across the platform
  • Lead the implementation and operationalization of GX Core (Great Expectations) as the primary data validation framework
  • Develop and maintain reusable data quality rules using a Rule-as-Code approach
  • Create automated validation checks for business-critical datasets and workflows

Key facts

Other skills

  • Problem Reporting
  • Analytical Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication

About the company

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Softgic

IT Services & IT Consulting

We are a young and growing company, with operations in Medellin and Bogota, focused on the generation of technological solutions in synergy with our customers and our team so that these solutions add value within their organizations and their business processes.

Company details

IndustryIT Services & IT Consulting
Company size51 - 200

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Job description

This is a remote position.

Are you passionate about building reliable, scalable data platforms and improving data quality at an enterprise level? We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer – Data Quality & Observability to lead the implementation of a modern data quality framework, enabling engineering teams to detect, monitor, and prevent data issues before they impact business operations.

In this role, you'll drive the implementation of engineering-owned data quality practices, operationalize GX Core, establish validation standards, and build observability solutions that improve confidence across reporting, synchronization processes, and operational workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement a scalable data quality framework across the platform.
  • Lead the implementation and operationalization of GX Core (Great Expectations) as the primary data validation framework.
  • Develop and maintain reusable data quality rules using a Rule-as-Code approach.
  • Create automated validation checks for business-critical datasets and workflows.
  • Implement data observability, monitoring, alerting, and reporting solutions.
  • Define and maintain data lineage across key business domains.
  • Design validation processes for data completeness, accuracy, integrity, consistency, reconciliation, freshness, and anomaly detection.
  • Integrate data quality validations into CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
  • Develop dashboards and reports to monitor data quality trends and operational health.
  • Investigate root causes of recurring data issues and implement preventive solutions.
  • Collaborate with Data Engineering, Application Engineering, QA, Product, and Support teams to establish ownership and governance for data quality.
  • Define standards for governance, validation frequency, remediation workflows, and quality metrics.
  • Continuously improve data quality processes and establish long-term observability best practices.


Requisitos

  • 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in similar data engineering roles.
  • Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise Data Quality frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with GX Core (Great Expectations) or similar tools such as Soda.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon Redshift.
  • Experience designing data validation rules, reconciliation processes, and observability solutions.
  • Experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines and large-scale data workflows.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, referential integrity, synchronization, and batch processing.
  • Experience integrating data validation into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Git and engineering best practices such as Rule-as-Code.
  • Experience building dashboards, alerts, and reporting for operational monitoring.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience performing root cause analysis.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills.

What We Offer

  • ? Fully remote position.
  • ? Opportunity to build enterprise-scale data quality and observability solutions.
  • ? High-impact role with ownership over data quality strategy and engineering best practices.
  • ? Collaborative environment working alongside Data Engineering, QA, Product, and Application Engineering teams.
  • ? Opportunity to work with modern data validation, observability, and cloud data technologies while driving continuous improvement across the platform.


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