- Strong Data Engineering / Data Architecture background with experience building production data platforms.
- Deep practical experience with Databricks and/or Snowflake.
- Strong understanding of modern data architectures, pipelines, modeling, governance, and data quality.
- Experience leading Data projects from discovery through production.
- Strong business and product mindset — you care about solving the right problem, not just implementing technology.
- Experience working directly with clients and senior stakeholders.
- Strong sales and pre-sales skills, including discovery, solution design, proposals, and presentations.
- Experience leading and developing Data Engineers while remaining technically hands‑on.
- Strong written and spoken English.

We are looking for someone able to

- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Engineers while remaining hands‑on in architecture, technical decisions, and delivery.
- Lead Data projects from discovery through production.
- Define technical standards, patterns, and best practices across Light‑it.
- Help scope projects, estimate effort, define delivery approaches, and participate in hiring and developing Data talent.
- Lead data strategy engagements with clients, assessing existing environments and defining modernization strategies and roadmaps.
- Help clients identify opportunities to leverage data for analytics, automation, AI, and new products.
- Define and evolve Light‑it’s Data strategy and offering.

Build Modern Data Platforms





- Architect and implement modern data platforms using Databricks and/or Snowflake.
- Design data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, pipelines, and data products.
- Work with technologies such as Spark, SQL, Python, dbt, Airflow, and cloud‑native data services.
- Establish strong practices around data quality, governance, security, lineage, and observability.
- Optimize platforms for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.

Build Partnerships and Drive Growth

- Own and strengthen relationships with Databricks, Snowflake, and other strategic technology partners.
- Identify joint opportunities, enablement initiatives, and co‑selling opportunities.
- Participate in sales and pre‑sales, leading discovery sessions, solution design, technical proposals, estimates, and client presentations.
- Serve as a trusted Data advisor to prospective and existing clients.

Build Data for Healthcare

- Design Data solutions with healthcare privacy, security, and regulatory requirements in mind.
- Understand the implications of working with PHI and sensitive healthcare data.
- Work with Engineering and DevSecOps to ensure solutions meet security and compliance standards.

Other valuable skills

- Experience with both Databricks and Snowflake.
- Experience with dbt, Spark, Airflow, Kafka, or major cloud platforms.
- Healthcare or other regulated‑industry experience.
- Experience with HIPAA, PHI, or FHIR.
- Experience with AI/ML data infrastructure.
- Experience building technology partnerships or Data practices.

📌 Head of Data (Buenos Aires)
🏢 Light-It
📍 Buenos Aires