# AI Native Data Engineer

- Company: [Palo It](<https://jobstar.asia/company/palo-it>)
- Location: PALO IT Mexico
- Remote: Yes
- Team: Mexico City Technology
- Employment type: Full Time
- Posted: September 8, 2026

## Job description

**Who We Are**   
   
**Building the AI-first frontier enterprise.**

We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked, AI-first approach**—Gen-e2™.** It redefines how enterprises build digital products and transform their organizations with AI. **We do the right thing, and we do it right.** We're proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion, and a B Corp-certified company.

* We are small enough to care locally, big enough to deliver globally (**10 countries, 450+ experts from 50+ nationalities**)

* We are becoming an agentic organization, adopting the AI-native operating model we bring to our clients.

* We are robust and resilient (100% independent, 0 debt, founded 2009)

* We are AI-native professionals who invest in what we believe and work as a collective intelligence

* We are positive, courageous and deliver at the leading edge.

### **Your Role**

As a **Data Engineer** for a leading insurance company, you will play a key role in building a data-driven decision-making culture. You will design resilient and secure solutions that transform raw data into strategic insights for underwriting, risk management, fraud prevention, and customer experience.

* Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure data pipelines in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

* Integrate large volumes of structured and unstructured data from core insurance systems (such as policies, claims, CRM, ERP).

* Automate data ingestion, transformation, and quality processes using tools such as Apache Spark, dbt, Kafka, and Airflow.

* Build and maintain modern data lakes and warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).

* Implement data quality, lineage, and governance validations (Great Expectations, Deequ, OpenMetadata).

* Ensure compliance with data regulations (GDPR, SOC2, etc.) and internal security policies.

* Design optimized datasets to enable machine learning models, predictive analytics, and dashboards (Power BI, Looker, Tableau).

* Collaborate with data scientists, architects, and business stakeholders to democratize access to trusted data.

* Document data architectures, pipelines, transformation standards, and lineage.

**Who You Are**.

* Experience with modern data processing frameworks: Spark, databricks, dbt, Kafka, Apache Beam.

* Strong command of Python and advanced SQL.

* Hands-on experience with Azure cloud platforms (Data Factory, Synapse).

* Knowledge of modern Data Lake / Data Warehouse design (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).

* Familiarity with DataOps, testing, and CI/CD practices in data pipelines.

* Experience with workflow orchestration systems such as Airflow or Dagster.

* Understanding of data quality and governance frameworks: Great Expectations, Deequ, DataHub, OpenLineage.
* Knowledge of streaming technologies: Kafka, Pub/Sub, Kinesis.

* Upper-intermediate English level (B2 or higher) for global collaboration.

Nice to Have

* Familiarity with event-driven architectures and microservices.

* Previous experience in the financial or insurance sector.

* Certifications such as Azure Data Engineer or Fabric Data Engineer.

* Experience with MLOps solutions (Vertex AI, SageMaker, MLFlow).

**AI-Native Engineering (Core Expectation)**

* Use **Generative AI coding tools** (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) as a first-class engineering assistant for:
* Code scaffolding and refactoring
* Code generation and optimisation
* Test-cases and documentation generation
* Build applications through **AI-driven development practices**, including:
* AI-assisted debugging and troubleshooting
* Intelligent code completion and pattern recognition
* Automated documentation generation
* Apply **prompt engineering best practices** for reliable, repeatable engineering outcomes.
* Validate **GenAI output**(determinism checks, guardrails, fallback logic).

### **More About PALO IT** Our clients include some of the world’s most successful companies. We collaborate with leading enterprises, next-generation businesses and frontier partners, shaping what comes next, helping them scale AI and solve complex business and technology challenges.

**What We Offer**

* Stimulating working environments

* Unique career path

* International mobility

* Internal R&D projects (including Gen-e2™)

* Knowledge sharing

* Personalized training via PALO IT Academy

* Entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship

For more on our team culture and benefits, check out our [careers page](https://www.palo-it.com/en/career).

## Apply

[Apply on Palo It](<https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/palo-it/c3877b29-e951-4e48-978e-cdbf99669b56>)

Canonical job page: <https://jobstar.asia/job/ai-native-data-engineer-palo-it-palo-it-mexico-071722a3541daab5>
