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title: 'Data Engineer at Emi Labs'
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# Data Engineer at Emi Labs

- **Company:** Emi Labs
- **Location:** Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-04-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/emilabs/66db7bbf-e8de-4ca2-bc4a-c3dbc0058846

## Job description

At Emi Labs we are on a mission to increase Frontline Workers’ access to professional opportunities.

This is a 2.7 billion population that accounts for 80% of the world’s workforce. They are digitally invisible, as there’s little to no data available on who they are, their career history, or their skill set, limiting their access to professional opportunities and growth. We're here to transform this by building the infrastructure to make Frontline Workers visible.

Our first step to achieving our mission is to transform the recruiting experience into an easy, human and fair process, for both candidates and companies with high-volume job openings. Emi, our main product, is an A.I. recruitment assistant that enables companies to engage in a conversation with each applicant to detect interested and qualified individuals while saving Recruiters a huge amount of time by automating tasks such as screening, validating skills, scheduling interviews, and collecting documents.

We were part of Y-Combinator's Winter 2019 batch and in 2022 we have raised an $11M funding round co-led by Merus Capital and Khosla Ventures.

## About the role

We’re looking for a Data Engineer to join our data team and help us empower decision-making with high-quality data and insightful analysis. You will work closely with stakeholders across teams to design and build scalable data solutions.

## Responsibilities

- Data Infrastructure: Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support real-time analytics, data-driven decision-making, and machine learning models.
- Collaboration: Work closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams to ensure data-driven strategies are incorporated into product development and operational processes.
- Data Governance: Establish and maintain robust data governance practices to ensure data quality, integrity, and compliance with relevant regulations.

## What we're looking for

- 5+ years of experience working in analytics or data engineering roles.
- Strong technical skills in data engineering, data architecture, and analytics.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), DBT, Airflow, and data visualization tools.
- Development: testing, CI/CD, repository management, shell scripting, terminal usage, etc.
- Proven ability to communicate complex analytical concepts in a clear and accessible way.
- Proactive, curious mindset with a passion for using data to solve real business problems.

## Nice to have

- Airbyte, Cosmos.
- AWS: RDS, Redshift, EKS, S3, ECR, IAM, Lambda, Route 53, SSM.
- Infrastructure: Cost management, networking, virtualization, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Grafana.
- Concepts of FinOps and DataOps.

## What we offer

- 💰 Competitive salary: Salaries paid in USD.
- 📈 Stock Options: Stock Options Package as part of your compensation package.
- 🧑🏽‍💻 Flexible remote-first work culture. We work towards goals*.
- 🏖️ Vacations: 3 weeks of vacation.
- 🧑‍🎄 Holiday season: Week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve.
- 💆 Physical Wellness program: We have partnered up with Gympass, a well-being platform that offers the best coverage of top gyms, studios, and activities for you to choose from.
- 🇺🇸 English Classes: Improve your English skills with our in-company teachers.
- 📚 Internal library: Get all the free books - digital, physical - you like, anytime.

Emi Labs is committed to fostering a fair, inclusive, and equal work environment. We believe diversity is crucial to building the best team and solving Frontline Worker's access to professional opportunities, that is why Emi aims to be a leader in workplace equality and move both our company and the industry forward.

Emi is a very dynamic and new startup where growth opportunities are there for the taking! We are just building a team with great impact so now is the best time to jump aboard! Interested in knowing more about Emi Labs?

- LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emi-labs/
- Web Page: https://www.emilabs.ai/

## About Emi Labs

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Emi Labs provides an AI-powered recruiting automation platform that helps high-volume employers hire frontline workers faster through autonomous agents on WhatsApp, SMS, and Messenger.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; total funding $13.1M)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (with offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Mexico City, Mexico)
- **Founded**: 2017 (Y Combinator Winter 2019 batch)
- **Founders**: Mateo Cavasotto (CEO) and Andrés Arslanian (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: HR Tech / Recruiting Software
- **Target customers**: B2B – Enterprise companies with high-volume frontline hiring needs (retail, logistics, food & beverage, manufacturing)
- **Mission**: Increase frontline workers’ access to professional opportunities by building digital infrastructure that makes them visible and supports their growth.

## Products & Services
- **Emi Workforce AI Platform**: A SaaS platform that automates the full frontline hiring cycle – from candidate attraction and engagement via AI agents on WhatsApp, Messenger, and SMS, through screening, interview scheduling, and HRIS integration. Uses generative AI for personalized conversations at scale.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$10M (estimated); Total Funding $13.1M
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Khosla Ventures (lead in Series A and Seed), Merus Capital (lead in Series A); customers include Walmart, OXXO, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Mercado Libre, Home Depot, Heineken, Danone, Liverpool, Alsea, and 50+ other enterprises.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 1 in 10 frontline hires in Mexico go through Emi.
  - 750,000+ frontline workers hired via the platform.
  - 90% vacancy fill rate, 50% reduction in time-to-hire reported.
  - 12M+ AI conversations processed 24/7.
  - However, headcount dropped 40% YoY to 57 employees (from ~101). This may indicate restructuring or pivot to efficiency.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Generative AI agents** that engage candidates in natural, personalized conversations across messaging apps – not just rules-based bots.
- **Deep focus on frontline hourly workers** (80% of global workforce), a historically underserved segment.
- **End-to-end automation** from attraction to onboarding, reducing manual recruiter effort.
- **Strong enterprise traction** with major Latin American and global brands.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding AI capabilities for screening, document validation, and autonomous hiring.
- Deepen presence in Mexico and other Latin American markets while serving global enterprises.
- Build infrastructure to support frontline workers beyond hiring (e.g., retention, upskilling).

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid work model** (flexibility to work from anywhere, with offices in SF, Buenos Aires, Mexico City).
- **Wellness program** supporting mental, physical, and emotional health.
- **Health insurance** (medical, dental, vision).
- **Competitive compensation**.
- **Culture score 4.6/5** on employer reviews (overall 3.7/5; work-life 3.9, career 4.0).
- **YC-backed startup** with mission-driven focus on empowering frontline workers.
- Team distributed across 5 countries (Argentina, Mexico, US, Colombia, Brazil).

## Sources
1. [emilabs.ai](https://www.emilabs.ai/en)
2. [emilabs.ai/about](https://www.emilabs.ai/en/about)
3. [linkedin.com/company/emi-labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/emi-labs)
4. [ycombinator.com/companies/emi-labs](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emi-labs)
5. [jobs.lever.co/emilabs](https://jobs.lever.co/emilabs)

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