Back to jobs

Data Engineer [Zeal]

Remote (Peru)

Zeal is an AI-enabled software consultancy purpose-built for Fortune 1000 companies, and we’re now part of Livefront. We help companies navigate technology to drive business outcomes by attracting, retaining, and growing exceptional talent and empowering them to use innovative technologies and process frameworks.

We’re a values-driven technology company grounded in kindness, generosity, and integrity. Our mission is to build a place where our employees love their future and where clients trust us to deliver what we promise: to improve their business through technology. Love your future.

We’re looking for an outstanding Data Engineer to join our team. This role is available across our primary LATAM hub in Peru.

Who you are

You specialize in building data pipelines that move and transform data, and you bring basic capabilities across the full spectrum of data skills. You communicate and interact with stakeholders in a professional manner, and you take pride in pipelines that are performant, resilient, and maintainable. You are curious about new tools—including AI tools that improve your productivity.

What you will be doing

  • Gather and understand requirements for data migration and transformation.
  • Design, build, and maintain performant, resilient, and maintainable data pipelines that meet the business requirements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that designs and implementations meet requirements and project standards while fulfilling the business needs, providing feedback and proposals for alternative implementations where appropriate.
  • Implement the required data architectures and designs using the appropriate tools and in a manner that is performant, effective, efficient, and maintainable.
  • Shepherd the pipelines through the review and deployment process to ensure a proper implementation in production (testing, version control, and CI/CD).
  • Monitor new and existing pipelines to ensure that they are meeting requirements and expectations.
  • Troubleshoot and remediate new and existing pipelines to ensure continued stability and effectiveness.
  • Document and transfer knowledge as required and appropriate within the project team.
  • Maintain awareness and understanding of the business and technical requirements and the larger project in order to provide value beyond your specific responsibilities.
  • Actively engage in project meetings and discussions to build context beyond your immediate tasks.
  • Provide input and feedback to the architecture teams on the designs with an eye towards improvement.
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and availability with upstream and downstream systems.
  • Contribute to data governance and best practices for data management.

Why you should apply

  • You want to work with passionate, talented people who are always looking for ways to make things better.
  • You value a work environment where kindness, mutual trust, and egoless collaboration are paramount.
  • You have a history of keeping promises, doing what is right, and spending energy on what matters.
  • You enjoy the variety and growth that comes with consulting for Fortune 1000 companies across industries and technical stacks.
  • You want to work on projects that have outsized impact and reach.
  • You believe in sweating the details, committing to quality, and taking pride in going the extra mile.

What you bring to the table

We expect candidates to demonstrate a solid foundation in data engineering and a keen interest in consulting.

  • SQL: Strong SQL skills - including an understanding of performance and parallelism.
  • OLTP Experience: At least one year of material experience on a traditional OLTP database (Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, etc.).
  • MPP Experience: At least one year of material experience on a modern, MPP, data platform (Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, Redshift, BigQuery).
  • Cloud Familiarity: Familiarity with cloud platforms including the basics of storage and security.
  • Transformation Tools: Material experience with at least one data transformation tool (Fivetran, Informatica, DataStage, dbt, or the native tools of one of the data platforms) or the native transformation tools of the cloud providers.
  • Data Architecture: A basic understanding of Medallion data architectures.
  • DevOps Basics: Basic skills with orchestration (Airflow, etc.), source code control (git) and CI/CD.
  • Communication: Effective writing and communication skills.
  • AI Proficiency: The ability to use AI tools to improve productivity.

Bonus points if you…

  • Data Modeling: Data modeling experience on modern data platforms.
  • Python: Python proficiency.
  • Queuing & Events: Experience with queuing and event-driven distribution systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, native tools of cloud platforms).
  • Visualization: Data presentation and visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
  • ELT Platforms: Specific experience with ELT on Snowflake or Databricks.
  • Testing: Experience with testing methodologies and tools.

What to expect

When applying, please include a short note about yourself, a summary of your work experience, and a link to any public profiles you actively maintain (e.g., GitHub, LinkedIn). Our hiring process moves quickly and consists of several stages for candidates who capture our attention with their initial submission, sometimes including but not limited to a short preliminary phone interview, a series of video interviews, and a short take-home exercise, which you'll have up to a week to complete.

Additional information

We go out of our way to evaluate all employees and job applicants equitably based on merit, competence, and qualifications. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply, and we consider every applicant with an open mind. Don't worry, every application will be reviewed by a human.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in Livefront’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 07/31/2029

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.