# Data Engineer

> Maxana · Colombia (Remote) · Contract · Posted 2026-07-29

**Salary:** USD 66,000–81,600

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

Maxana is hiring a Data Engineer on behalf of a fast-growing digital health platform in the U.S. You'll join their data team as a full-time contractor, building the pipelines and infrastructure that power analytics, product features, and clinical/operational decision-making. This is a fully remote role open to candidates based in Latin America, working U.S.-overlapping hours.

What you'll do:

\- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines (batch and streaming)

\- Develop and optimize data models in a modern cloud data warehouse

\- Build robust ELT/ETL workflows and manage orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, or similar)

\- Partner with analytics, product, and engineering teams to deliver clean, trusted datasets

\- Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting across pipelines

\- Handle sensitive data responsibly and help uphold privacy and compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA-aligned practices)

\- Contribute to the evolution of the platform's overall data architecture

## Requirements

\- 4+ years of professional data engineering experience

\- Expert-level SQL and strong Python skills

\- Hands-on experience with a modern cloud data stack (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift; dbt; Airflow or similar orchestration)

\- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

\- A track record of building reliable, well-documented pipelines at scale

\- Strong written and spoken English (daily collaboration with a U.S.-based team)

\- Based in Latin America with reliable ability to work U.S.-overlapping hours

Nice to have:

\- Experience in healthcare, health tech, or other regulated data environments

\- Familiarity with streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub)

\- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD for data workflows

\- Exposure to ML pipelines or feature engineering

## Benefits

\- $5,500 – $6,800 USD/month, paid reliably in USD

\- Fully remote, long-term contract engagement

\- Direct integration with a U.S. data team at a high-growth company

\- Support from Maxana throughout your engagement

## Apply

[Apply at Maxana](https://apply.workable.com/maxana/j/84B4EDCCB1/apply)

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