AI Data Engineer Mid/Senior

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a AI Data Engineer Mid/Senior based in Brazil.

This role sits at the intersection of advanced data engineering and AI-native development, focusing on building reliable, scalable, and intelligent data products that power business decisions and AI-driven applications. You will work in a highly modern environment where AI is embedded directly into the software development lifecycle, not just as an add-on. The position involves designing and maintaining robust data architectures, implementing analytical models, and enabling trusted datasets for analytics and AI agents. You will contribute to end-to-end data workflows across lakehouse architectures while ensuring governance, quality, and observability. A key aspect of the role is leveraging AI to accelerate engineering tasks such as coding, testing, debugging, and refactoring. This is a collaborative and innovation-driven environment where data, AI, and software engineering converge to deliver real business impact.

Accountabilities:* Develop data transformations and analytical models using modern data platforms such as Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Fabric, and Power BI

• Build and maintain layered data architectures (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and semantic models aligned with business needs

• Translate business requirements into scalable data models and define standardized corporate metrics

• Ensure data quality through testing frameworks, validation processes, and observability practices

• Support the creation of curated datasets for analytics, reporting, and AI agent consumption

• Operate within an AI-augmented SDLC, leveraging AI for coding, testing, debugging, and refactoring

• Design and maintain specifications that guide AI-driven development (spec-driven workflows)

• Build and orchestrate AI agents capable of multi-step reasoning, tool usage, and workflow execution

• Promote best practices in data modeling, governance, documentation, and version control

Requirements:

• Strong experience in advanced SQL and data manipulation

• Solid background in data engineering, data warehousing, and lakehouse architectures

• Hands-on experience with Databricks and Python for data processing and engineering tasks

• Strong understanding of data modeling, governance, and data quality principles

• Experience with Git and collaborative version control workflows

• Knowledge of SDLC principles and modern software engineering practices

• Experience using AI tools for code generation, testing, debugging, and refactoring

• Familiarity with spec-driven development and AI-assisted engineering workflows

• Experience building or working with AI agents, multi-step workflows, or tool-using systems is a plus

• Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar integration frameworks is a plus

• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and observability tools is a plus

• Strong analytical thinking and ability to evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs critically

• Ability to work in collaborative, fast-paced, and innovation-driven environments

Benefits:

• Health and dental insurance coverage

• Meal and food allowance (vale alimentação e refeição)

• Childcare assistance

• Extended parental leave policies

• Wellhub (Gympass) and TotalPass partnerships for health and fitness

• Profit sharing (PLR) program

• Life insurance coverage

• Continuous learning platform access (CI&T University)

• Discounts and partnerships with education and lifestyle platforms

• Online wellbeing platform supporting physical and mental health

• Language learning platforms and professional courses

• Additional wellness, development, and corporate benefits.

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