Senior Director Data Engineering

Senior Director, Data Engineering - Professional Services - Consulting (Brazil) About phData phData is an AI-forward engineering company focused on getting enterprise data and AI workloads in production for some of the largest and most well-known companies in the world.

We specialize in the most complex data, machine learning, and AI problems that only the best engineers can solve.

From the top down, we're built and run by hardcore data, ML, and AI engineers.

Founders and leadership teams wrote books on databases and built key open-source tools, including Kafka, Parquet, Hive, and more.

We are a partner to major cloud data platforms like Snowflake (6X POTY), AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, dbt, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more.

We have nearly 700 employees operating across 3 continents, and we're growing quickly.

We build AI and automation tools that no other consulting company has, enabling us to do more with smaller teams and without sacrificing quality.

We are not staff aug.

We are a premium provider of data and AI services and our clients pay to work with the best teams.

Our Core Values Grit.

We make sacrifices and accomplish the mission no matter what, because greatness demands commitment.

Psychological Safety.

We take risks, try new things, and have uncomfortable conversations without fear.

We know that failure is the mother of success.

Curiosity.

We seek genuine feedback and assume positive intent.

We challenge assumptions, explore boldly, and never settle for "good enough" or "because we've always done it that way".

Community.

We do the work to help the team, not to collect personal recognition.

No task is beneath us, and no ego is above the work.

If something needs doing, we do it—whether or not anyone notices.

About the Role This person will act as the technical leader for phData's most strategic clients.

This is among the most challenging, highest-profile, and highest-value roles in all of phData.

Why is this one of the most challenging?

This person must have a versatile arsenal of skills, technical knowledge, and communication styles.

It's more than saying the right thing.

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