Data Engineering Manager (Fintech)

Location: Remote in Colombia; conditions: Bogotá. The work model is currently fully remote, with a future transition to hybrid.

Company

hirify.global is building an AI-powered financial companion for Latinos in the US, combining conversational interfaces with real-time financial infrastructure for cross-border money movement, remittances, credit, savings, and wallet services.

What you will do

• Lead, scale, and mentor the core data engineering squad and provide high-level management for the DBA team.
• Drive infrastructure projects across streaming and batch data environments using GCP, BigQuery, dbt, and Apache Flink.
• Embed AI into pipeline development, platform operations, and data access layer workflows.
• Support the DBA team in maintaining transactional database reliability, uptime, and integration with the analytical platform.
• Set standards for data quality, testing, observability, documentation, platform governance, and cloud cost optimization.
• Align data pipelines and metrics with business decisions, product goals, and measurable impact.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading data engineering teams while writing code, reviewing pull requests, and solving complex system problems directly.
• Strong Google Cloud Platform experience, specifically with BigQuery and cloud data processing.
• Practical expertise with dbt for transformation models and Apache Flink or Dataflow for real-time streaming data.
• Active use of modern AI coding assistants and automation workflows, with a focus on applying AI to increase team impact.
• Experience managing relational database teams working with technologies such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, without requiring deep day-to-day DBA execution.
• High standards for clean architecture, platform governance, documentation, data quality, testing, observability, and cost optimization.
• Excellent communication skills and advanced English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Spanish language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work model at present, with a planned future transition to hybrid work.
• Competitive salary, an initial stock options grant, and an annual performance bonus.
• Health, dental, and vision plans.
• Continuous learning opportunities and growth in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Unlimited paid time off and paid parental leave.