Data Engineer (Big Data + Full Stack exposure) - ONLY MEXICO

About Scalepex

Scalepex is a nearshore partner that empowers businesses to scale efficiently and effectively through exceptional services. With a strong focus on customer success, innovation, and cultural alignment, we support companies in building high-performing teams across industries.

At Scalepex, we believe in fostering an environment where our people can thrive, grow their careers, and make a real impact.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Data Engineer / Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and scale robust data pipelines and analytics solutions. This role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, ensuring high-quality data systems that power business insights and analytics products.

You will work across the full data lifecycle-from ingestion and transformation to modeling and delivery-while contributing to architectural decisions and best practices.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Sr Data Engineer will understand the business need and design the data pipelines, translate data into business insights, data cleansing and ETL.
• Experience in Databricks, GitHub Actions.
• Understand CI/CD, Aerospike
• Gather requirements from vested teams to build features.
• Self-motivated individual will use their love of user interfaces to balance design and function, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, knowledge in Angular / Play Framework is a plus.
• Understand the priorities and ensures the deliverables stick to the timeline and complete projects on time.
• Be a team player who works effortlessly with people.

Required Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in data engineering or software development at an enterprise level
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Apache Spark (Scala)
• Python
• MySQL and relational databases
• Columnar storage formats (e.g., Apache Parquet)
• Experience with AWS ecosystem, including data lake architectures
• Familiarity with:
• Airflow for orchestration
• Databricks
• CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions)
• Strong understanding of data modeling, storage, and access patterns
• Experience building highly scalable, high-volume data systems
• Solid understanding of ETL processes and data integration layers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:
• Java
• Angular or Play Framework
• Tableau or other BI tools
• Aerospike or NoSQL databases
• Knowledge of Hadoop ecosystem and EMR management
• Experience working in AdTech or digital media environments
• Familiarity with Linux systems

Benefits

• Contractor scheme
• 100% Remote