Principal Data Engineer

Overview

AB InBev is the leading global brewer and one of the world’s top 5 consumer product companies. With over 500 beer brands, we’re number one or two in many of the world’s top beer markets, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

About AB InBev Growth Group

Created in 2022, the Growth Group unifies our business-to-business (B2B), direct-to-consumer (DTC), Sales & Distribution, and Marketing teams. By bringing together global tech and commercial functions, the Growth Group allows us to fully leverage data and drive digital transformation and organic growth for AB InBev around the world.

In addition to supporting well known global beer brands like Corona, Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, the Growth Group is home to a robust suite of digital products including our B2B digital commerce platform BEES, on-demand delivery services Ze Delivery and TaDa Delivery, and table top beer keg PerfectDraft.

We are an exceptional team, focused on understanding and supporting consumer and customer needs, harnessing new technology, and scaling growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

About the role: The Principal Data Engineer will play a pivotal role in the technical leadership of data engineering projects, actively collaborating with data teams to identify and implement improvement opportunities. You'll be responsible for establishing architecture and quality standards, programming and monitoring pipeline routines, and validating code, dedicating at least 50% of your time to code reviews and technical evaluations.

Beyond coding, your role will include mentoring developers on technical decisions, striving to optimize the team's ways of working, and constantly identifying opportunities for improvement in the data environment and architecture. You'll work on designing and implementing scalable data pipelines and robust architectures, ensuring business demands are translated into efficient technical solutions. You'll also optimize existing pipelines, drive data collection strategies, and foster collaboration with cross-functional teams, in addition to contributing to data warehouse and data lake architecture.

• Lead technical aspects of data engineering projects, actively collaborating with data teams to identify and implement improvement opportunities.
• Establish architecture and quality standards.
• Program and monitor pipeline routines.
• Validate code, dedicating at least 50% of your time to code reviews and technical evaluations.
• Mentor developers on technical decisions, optimizing team's ways of working.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in the data environment and architecture.
• Design and implement scalable data pipelines and robust architectures, ensuring business demands are translated into efficient technical solutions.
• Optimize existing pipelines and drive data collection strategies.
• Foster collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to data warehouse and data lake architecture.

Qualifications

• University degree in computing-related fields (e.g., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Analysis and Development).
• Proven experience as a Data Engineer with strong technical leadership.
• Advanced SQL proficiency (hard skills).
• Strong command of Python and Spark.
• Experience with Big Data environments.
• Proficiency in Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).
• Hands-on experience with Databricks.
• Solid understanding of both SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Familiarity with data pipeline and workflow management tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, Databricks Workflow).
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proactive and self-directed approach.
• Passion for building and optimizing data systems.
• Advanced English.

Desirable Skills

• Medallion Architecture
• Unity Catalog

About you

• You're passionate about software development and knows how to ensure its quality;
• You're motivated by building up world class solutions that impacts millions of users all over the world;
• Experienced working in an environment which uses and stimulates DevOps culture;
• You're creative when solving problems and is continuously seeking improvements for processes and solutions;
• You can communicate clearly with your team and the company to identify issues and demands;
• You have the autonomy to recognize the current and new priorities, evaluating the impact of their outcomes in the final result.

Benefits

• Performance based bonus*
• Attendance Bonus*
• Casual office and dress code
• Days off*
• Health, dental, and life insurance
• Discounts on Ambev products*
• School materials assurance
• Language and training platforms

Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action

AB InBev Growth Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Demographic Brazil

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