Tableau Data Engineer
Position: Tableau Data Engineer Location: 100% Costa Rica/Mexico Duration: Longterm Contract Key Responsibilities:
- Design and build robust, scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines to support analytics and reporting needs.
- Prepare, clean, and transform data from multiple sources into consumable datasets for Tableau dashboards.
- Develop and optimize data models (Star/Snowflake schema) that enable efficient self-service analytics.
- Design, develop, and maintain interactive Tableau dashboards and reports for various business stakeholders.
- Collaborate with business analysts, data scientists, and BI teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency through data validation and quality checks.
- Optimize Tableau workbooks and SQL queries for performance.
- Manage Tableau Server/Cloud environments, including user access, data source management, and performance tuning.
- Stay current with Tableau product updates and modern data engineering tools and practices.
Required Skills:
- 4+ years of experience in data engineering, business intelligence, or related fields.
- Expert-level proficiency with Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Tableau Cloud.
- Strong SQL skills (preferably with Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, or SQL Server).
- Experience with data transformation tools (e.g., dbt, Informatica, Alteryx, or SSIS).
- Proficient in data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning.
- Solid understanding of data warehouse concepts and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Ability to write efficient, well-documented, and reusable code for data ingestion and transformation.
- Familiarity with Python or R for data manipulation and automation is a plus.
- Experience with version control tools like Git.