- Location
- Madrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
Description
Senior Data Engineer
Department: Data & Business Intelligence
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Madrid
Reporting To: Ranjitha Hakkapakki
Description
As a Senior Data Engineer, you are responsible for end-to-end delivery of automated data processing solutions, from inception to delivery and ongoing support.
Responsibilities
- Gather and interpret business and stakeholder requirements, translating them into effective technical solution designs.
- Create clear, comprehensive design documentation for technical audiences across multiple teams.
- Take technical ownership and accountability for the successful delivery of data solutions.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, team members, and cross-functional business teams to deliver solutions.
- Accurately estimate, prioritise, and deliver work in a fast-paced commercial environment.
- Design and develop scalable, robust, and secure data solutions, including ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and integrations with downstream systems.
- Partner with Data Engineering and Architecture colleagues to evolve, operate, and enhance the Data Platform in line with the platform roadmap.
- Drive adoption of best practices and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring alignment with industry standards.
- Provide technical guidance, support, and mentoring to junior colleagues and wider teams across the data organisation.
Skills and Experience
- 5+ years’ experience delivering data solutions within a commercial environment.
- Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms, preferably AWS, with Azure and/or GCP experience also beneficial.
- Strong experience in data processing using ETL/ELT methodologies and tools such as Matillion, AWS services, and Python.
- Experience working with modern cloud-based Data Warehouses and Data Platforms, including Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or equivalent technologies.
- Advanced SQL expertise, including Data Manipulation Language (DML) and Data Definition Language (DDL).
- Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies, concepts, and ways of working.
- Experience producing high-quality technical documentation throughout the full solution delivery lifecycle.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working within fast-paced, cross-functional project delivery environments.
- Strong planning and estimation skills, with a track record of delivering work to agreed timelines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.