Senior Data Tech Lead, Brazil

At CI&T, we combine human expertise and artificial intelligence to create scalable, high-impact technology solutions for global clients.

We are looking for a Data & Tech Lead to provide technical leadership for a strategic project focused on centralizing and transforming Supply Chain data for a major CPG company.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the data team from a technical perspective, contributing to solution and architecture design, guiding technical decisions, and working closely with the client to connect business needs, data, architecture, and engineering.

The project aims to transform a distributed data environment involving Power Apps, Power Automate, Excel, SharePoint, and legacy systems into a centralized, reliable, and scalable data platform to support business operations and key performance indicators.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the Data Engineering team, guiding technical decisions and ensuring high-quality deliveries;

• Define and evolve the data architecture of the solution;

• Design strategies for data ingestion, integration, and transformation from multiple sources;

• Lead the migration of data from SharePoint to SQL Server;

• Define and implement Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, and Gold);

• Design transactional and analytical layers to consolidate data across different Supply Chain domains;

• Lead the development and evolution of semantic models and Power BI solutions;

• Ensure best practices for data quality, performance, governance, and scalability;

• Work directly with the client to understand business needs and translate them into effective technical solutions;

• Act as a bridge between business, architecture, data, and development teams;

• Provide technical guidance to Data Developers and contribute to the team's technical growth.

Requirements

• Solid experience in Data Engineering and Data Architecture;

• Proven experience providing technical leadership for data teams;

• Strong experience designing data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and multi-source data integrations;

• Knowledge of Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, and Gold);

• Strong knowledge of SQL Server and SQL;

• Hands-on experience with Python for data engineering and processing;

• Practical experience with Databricks and Azure;

• Knowledge of data modeling and semantic models;

• Experience with Power BI;

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills;

• Advanced English proficiency for communication in a corporate and international environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, especially Power Apps and Power Automate;

• Knowledge of SAP and SAP data integration;

• Experience or knowledge of Supply Chain processes;

• Spanish proficiency.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone with strong technical leadership, autonomy, and a systems-thinking mindset, who can effectively navigate between architecture, engineering, and business.

The ideal professional is comfortable influencing technical decisions, working through complex scenarios, and communicating solutions clearly to different audiences, while also following through on the implementation of architectural decisions with the team.