Data Engineer (HighTouch)

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About Us

At South Geeks, we engage top-performing Software Engineers, Security Experts, and Data Analysts from Latin America to join our clients’ teams worldwide. For over 8 years, we’ve been helping future-shaping companies scale faster by curating world-class tech talent and building long-lasting, strategic partnerships. We pride ourselves on a people-centered culture that powers innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

About the Client

Our client is a global technology company that relies on modern data infrastructure to power business intelligence, financial operations, and customer-facing applications at scale. Their teams are leveraging the latest data tools to streamline workflows, improve operational efficiency, and deliver insights that directly drive business growth. To support these goals, they are seeking a DBT Data Engineer with experience in Hightouch to strengthen their data pipelines and reverse ETL workflows.

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled and proactive DBT Data Engineer with Hightouch expertise to join the data engineering team. In this role, you’ll design and maintain scalable data transformation pipelines, build reverse ETL syncs to operational systems, and ensure data models are optimized for performance and reliability. You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver data solutions that meet business needs and enable timely, data-driven decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development & Management: Design, build, and maintain scalable ELT/ETL pipelines using DBT, optimizing for performance and reliability.

• Data Integration & Sync Management: Implement and manage Hightouch syncs to deliver data from warehouse to business tools (e.g., NetSuite, Tableau), monitoring reliability and resolving issues proactively.

• Data Modeling & SQL Optimization: Develop and optimize SQL queries, schemas, and models to support reporting and analytics while ensuring consistency and maintainability.

• System Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Configure monitoring and alerting systems, troubleshoot replication or performance issues, and recommend system enhancements.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, estimate development efforts, and deliver accurate and timely data solutions.

• Understanding of accounting principles: knowledge of the fundamental rules, standards, and concepts that guide how financial transactions are recorded, reported, and interpreted.

• Documentation & Best Practices: Maintain technical documentation (data flow diagrams, dictionaries, process docs) to support transparency and knowledge sharing.

What You Need to Succeed in This Role

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics, or related fields.

• Strong SQL expertise with ability to write complex, multi-layer transformations.

• Hands-on experience with DBT (Cloud or Core).

• Mandatory experience with Hightouch for reverse ETL workflows.

• Familiarity with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).

• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts (star schema, normalization).

• Working knowledge of Python (other programming languages a plus).

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Our Team

We strive to create an inspiring and growth-oriented environment where everyone feels valued, heard, and empowered. We promote both personal and professional development, with individualized support for your needs and concerns. We aim to build a space where everyone can thrive.

What We Offer

• Long-term projects

• 100% remote work

• Payment in USD

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Work from Home (WFH) & Training reimbursement

• English lessons

• Technical training

• Career coaching

This position is available for candidates based in LATAM.