Data Science Engineer
San José - Costa Rica
Job Summary
The Data Science Engineer Business Intelligence Analytics & AI transforms enterprise data into actionable insights by designing developing and delivering scalable analytics solutions. This role partners with business stakeholders leadership data engineering and technology teams to create trusted data products optimize reporting processes and deliver executive-ready analytics that support strategic decision-making operational efficiency and measurable business value.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Business Intelligence & Analytics Development
- Design develop and maintain Power BI dashboards reports scorecards KPI frameworks semantic models datasets and reusable business metrics that support enterprise reporting and decision-making.
- Translate business requirements into scalable user-friendly analytics solutions with strong visual storytelling performance usability and adoption.
- Deliver executive-ready analytics that clearly communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences and drive measurable business outcomes.
Data Modeling & Data Engineering
- Design and maintain dimensional data models including star and snowflake schemas aligned with enterprise architecture and modeling standards.
- Develop and support scalable ETL/ELT processes analytical data pipelines and integrations across enterprise systems.
- Partner with Data Engineering teams to improve data availability reliability performance and reporting readiness.
Data Quality Governance & Testing
- Ensure data accuracy completeness consistency integrity and compliance with enterprise governance security privacy and quality standards.
- Perform validation reconciliation root cause analysis troubleshooting and testing across unit integration regression and user acceptance activities.
- Document business rules data definitions lineage calculation logic and testing outcomes to support trusted analytics delivery.
Business Partnership & Requirements Management
- Partner with stakeholders to understand business processes reporting needs strategic objectives and opportunities for analytics and AI-enabled improvement.
- Facilitate requirements gathering translate needs into technical specifications and lead solution reviews demos UAT and stakeholder training.
- Serve as a trusted advisor by providing data-driven recommendations that improve business performance and operational efficiency.
Continuous Improvement & Innovation
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes improve operational efficiency and promote self-service analytics adoption.
- Evaluate and implement emerging analytics technologies AI-enabled capabilities standards reusable assets and analytics accelerators.
- Contribute to a culture of innovation continuous learning collaboration and data-driven decision-making.
AI-Augmented Data Science Responsibilities
- Design AI-powered analytics workflows using prompt engineering for BI reporting data exploration automation and decision-support use cases.
- Leverage Snowflake Cortex Analyst Power BI Copilot Microsoft Copilot GitHub Copilot and other LLM-based tools to accelerate analytics delivery and improve outcomes.
- Develop and govern AI-ready semantic models business metrics data abstractions and trusted semantic layers that support traditional BI and natural language analytics.
- Design and support AI agents agentic analytics solutions MCP/API integrations and LLM-powered workflows that securely connect governed enterprise data sources.
- Evaluate validate and monitor AI-generated insights for accuracy reliability compliance business relevance and responsible AI adoption.
Qualifications :
QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Required
- College degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Science Statistics Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in Business Intelligence Data Analytics Data Engineering or related disciplines including enterprise Power BI solution development.
- Experience designing analytical data models reporting solutions semantic models and scalable BI assets.
- Experience gathering business requirements partnering with stakeholders and translating needs into technical solutions.
- Experience supporting testing deployment troubleshooting data validation and production support activities.
Preferred
- Experience with cloud analytics platforms such as Snowflake Microsoft Fabric Azure Synapse Analytics Databricks or similar technologies.
- Experience operating in Agile/Scrum environments and supporting enterprise-scale reporting and analytics initiatives.
- Hands-on experience using LLM-based tools in data analytics BI or software engineering environments including GitHub Copilot Microsoft Copilot Power BI Copilot Snowflake Cortex Analyst Claude ChatGPT Enterprise or similar platforms.
- Experience designing prompts semantic models and natural language analytics experiences for AI-powered reporting and self-service analytics.
- Familiarity with AI agents conversational analytics LLM workflows responsible AI principles AI governance AI security and validation of AI-generated outputs.
Additional Information :
Work from home! (Flexibility to go to the office once per month)
Why work for Cornerstone Building Brands
Our teams are at the heart of our purpose to positively contribute to the communities where we live work and play.
Full-time
Schedule: monday to friday 8am to 5pm
Team members receive medical dental and vision benefits starting day 1.
Other benefits include paid holidays life insurance LTD STD trainings and professional development. You can also join one of our Employee Resource Groups which help support our commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Free virtual English course
Employee Assistance Program
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Cornerstone Building Brands is a premier exterior building solutions provider serving both the residential and commercial markets across North America. The building products we manufacture are the cornerstone of the communities where people live, work and play -from homes to hospitals ... View more