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Hire data engineers in Costa Rica
Hiring a data engineer in Costa Rica? Here is what the 6 live local postings pay, who else is hiring for it, and the skills they ask for. Read it before you write the job description and your posting will sound like the market it is entering.
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What the postings pay
| Measure | Band | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| United States, same role (method) | $122k–$185k | 246 postings |
Two different measures, shown side by side on purpose: the CR figure is pay posted in Costa Rica listings on this board; the US figure is the same role’s US band. No percentage claim is computed between them. Subtract for yourself.
Already hiring data engineers in Costa Rica
Your competition for this talent, from live postings.
- Publicis Groupe1 live
- ImagineX1 live
- Instacredit1 live
- First Factory1 live
- Smash CR1 live
- ActiveProspect, Inc.1 live
What the postings ask for
The skills most named in data engineer postings across this board (board-wide shares), a base for writing a description that reads like the market.
- etl72% of postings
- sql67% of postings
- python61% of postings
- data analysis55% of postings
- data engineering50% of postings
- spark42% of postings
The live CR postings
Every data engineer posting located in Costa Rica on this board, freshest first. Apply at the source.
Senior Data Platform Engineer / Data Innovation Engineer (Databricks & Azure) at Publicis GroupeSan José - Bogotá DC1d agoApply- Senior Data Engineer - AWS + Spark Required at ImagineXCosta Rica · Remote2w agoApply
Ingeniero de Datos at InstacreditSan Pedro, San José, San JoséAug 11Apply
Senior Data Engineer (AWS) at First FactoryHerediaAug 7Apply
Data Engineer (C-565) at Smash CRCosta RicaAug 7Apply
Data Engineer (SQL) - Costa Rica at ActiveProspect, Inc.San JoséJul 7Apply
Ready to hire a data engineer in Costa Rica?
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Quick answers
Who is hiring data engineers in Costa Rica right now?
At least 6 companies have live data engineer postings located in Costa Rica on our board right now, among them Publicis Groupe, ImagineX and Instacredit. The newest posting went up Sep 24, and the list refreshes every night.
What should a data engineer job description ask for?
Start with what the market already asks for. Across the data engineer postings our board reads, the skills named most often are etl, sql, python. Those are board-wide shares, so treat them as the baseline a Costa Rican candidate will expect to see, then add what makes your role different.
Does the time zone work with a US or European team?
Yes, and better than most nearshore options. Costa Rica sits at UTC−6 all year with no daylight saving, so a team there shares the full working day with US Central time, five to six hours with both US coasts, and a two-to-three-hour morning overlap with Western Europe.
How do I post the role?
Use the Post a job form; it is free during early access. A person reviews it, usually within one business day, and it goes live on the board and on this page, where the Costa Rican candidates whose skills already match will see it.
Computed nightly from live Costa Rica postings on re-displayable sources. PivotHop is a job board, not an employer of record or an agency, and offers no legal or tax guidance. For statutory questions, start at the MTSS.