IDB Invest Data Engineer Consultant

IDB Invest Data Engineer Consultant

Analytics, Knowledge, and Information Division

Would you like to use your skills and experience to contribute to the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean?

Location:

The IDB INVEST, a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, is a multilateral organization based in Washington, D.C., that is committed to the development of Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector.

IDB Invest is looking for a data engineer with SQL proficiency and experience structuring information for flexible querying and fast updates to provide business insight., preferably with experience in observational analyses, trend analyses, modeling, and new measurement strategies.

About this position:

Data Management and Analytics is the team under AKI Division that is responsible to define and implement the data strategy for IDB Invest.

What you’ll do:

• Designs and develops data pipelines that extract data from various sources, transform it into the desired format, and load it into the appropriate data storage systems
• Collaborates with data scientists and analysts to optimize models and algorithms for data quality, security, and governance.
• Integrates data from different sources, including databases, data warehouses, APIs, and external systems.
• Ensures data consistency and integrity during the integration process, performing data validation and cleaning as needed.
• Transforms raw data into a usable format by applying data cleansing, aggregation, filtering, and enrichment techniques.
• Optimizes data pipelines and data processing workflows for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
• Implement large-scale data ecosystems including data management, governance, and the integration of structured and unstructured data to generate insights leveraging cloud-based platforms.

  What you´ll need:

  • Education: A bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, information systems, or related quantitative field; master’s degree preferred
  • Experience: At least 4 years of experience working as a data engineer. Proven project experience developing and maintaining data warehouses in big data solutions. Ability to design, build, and deploy data solutions that capture, explore, transform, and utilize data to support AI, ML, and BI. Great communication and collaboration skill. Loves thinking out of the box to solve challenges at an unprecedented scale. Knowledge of data mining, machine learning tools, such as Databricks will be considered a plus. Knowledge of data governance solutions such as Informatica, collibra, allation and etc. will be considered a plus. Functional expertise: [i] You are able to work in a high-pressure environment while juggling multiple tasks, and effectively prioritize tasks, [ii] you are able to understand and translate clients’ (business units) needs into solutions, providing services that meet clients’ expectations for quality and performance; [iii] you listen actively, obtain necessary input, share ideas, speak persuasively, and convey information in a clear, objective, and concise manner.
  • Languages: You are proficient in written and verbal communication in English and in a second official language of the IDB Group (Spanish, Portuguese or French).

    Requirements:

    • Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

      Type of contract and duration:

      • Type of contract: Consultant Full-Time.
      • Length of contract: 18 months.
      • Location: Washington DC.
      • Responsible person: Head of Data Management & Analytics

        What we offer

        The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include a competitive compensation package comprised of:

        • Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.

        • Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.
        • Savings plan: ​​​​​​​The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.
        • Assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family, if applicable.
        • Work Schedules: Hybrid and flexible work schedules.
        • Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, one-to-one professional counseling, and much more.
        • Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.
        • Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.

          Our culture

          At the IDB Group we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work, willing to try new approaches without fear, and where they are accountable and rewarded for their actions.

          Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) are at the center of our organization. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and encourage women, LGBTQ+ people, persons with disabilities, Afro-descendants, and Indigenous people to apply.