Data Engineering Lead
Summary
Impelsys is hiring an experienced Data Engineering Lead in Colombia to provide hands-on technical leadership across data projects: leading and mentoring data engineers while building scalable pipelines. The core stack is Apache Airflow, DBT, and AWS (ECS, Fargate, EC2, EKS), with a focus on data quality and modern data architecture.
We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Lead to join our team and drive technical leadership across multiple data engineering projects and squads.
This is a great opportunity for a hands-on leader who can build scalable data pipelines, lead engineering teams, optimize cloud infrastructure, and shape modern data architecture.
Key Skills – Must Have:
Nice to Have:
What you’ll do:
- Lead and mentor Data Engineers, Architects, and DBAs
- Design and manage complex Apache Airflow DAGs and pipelines
- Build, maintain, and optimize DBT infrastructure and code
- Manage Airflow infrastructure across AWS ECS, Fargate, EC2, and EKS
- Drive scalable, reliable, and cost-effective data engineering architecture
- Partner with Product, Data Science, Architecture, and Delivery teams
- Ensure high standards for data quality, reliability, and performance
We’re looking for someone who is:
A strong technical leader and mentor
Hands-on with modern data engineering technologies
Passionate about solving complex problems
Comfortable working with senior stakeholders
Collaborative, curious, and focused on outcomes