Senior Data Platform Engineer

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Lead the future of our data infrastructure: Enterprise-scale architecture, advanced engineering, and AI enablement.

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.

We are looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer who brings strategic vision and technical excellence to lead the design and delivery of our global data platform from our Mexico offices. Does that sound like you?

About the job

As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for defining the strategy and architecture of our enterprise data platform, ensuring it is scalable, efficient, and ready to enable advanced AI workloads (GenAI/RAG).

In your future role as Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will:

• Design and deliver governed data products, establishing clear ownership, SLAs, and data contracts across the organization.
• Lead platform strategy, making critical architectural decisions, selecting technologies, and setting enterprise-scale engineering standards.
• Implement real-time data pipelines using Eventstream or Event Hubs, and optimize transformation logic using Delta Live Tables, dbt, or Fabric Notebooks.
• Define DataOps and automation standards, establishing CI/CD processes via Azure DevOps, Databricks Asset Bundles, and automated testing frameworks.
• Enable the platform for Artificial Intelligence, providing high-quality, AI-ready data for ML, RAG, and AI agents, integrating technologies such as Palantir Foundry and Fabric/Databricks.
• Ensure governance and observability, implementing automated data quality controls, data lineage via Purview/Unity Catalog, and proactive monitoring of costs and performance.

We believe you bring

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline (Master’s degree preferred).
• Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering, platforms, or data architecture, with 3–5 years at a senior/principal technical level owning strategy at an enterprise scale.
• Technical Mastery: Deep expertise in Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and transformation languages (dbt, SQL, Python/Scala).
• Project Leadership: Proven ability to lead complex, multi-workstream data platform projects end-to-end across engineering, analytics, IT, and business teams.
• Language: Professional proficiency in English for global collaboration.

Great if you have:

• Additional technical experience in applied AI tools and ontology management.
• Relevant certifications in Microsoft Azure data platforms.

We believe you are...

• A technically minded leader with strategic vision, capable of transforming complex business needs into scalable and robust data architectures.
• A results-oriented Engineer who prioritizes efficiency, cost control, and automation in every engineering layer.
• A natural collaborator who can influence and guide multidisciplinary teams in a dynamic, international environment.

We offer you

At Nouryon, we provide a job with purpose, friendly coworkers, and benefits that go beyond salary. You will join an international and inclusive environment that provides continuous learning opportunities and the chance to make a difference from day one.

Have we got your interest?

This is a permanent, full-time position based in Mexico. Onsite work is required. 

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role!

For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/

We look forward to receiving your application!

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