Lead Data Engineer

Experience:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on cloud-native solutions and data architecture.

• English proficiency should be at least B2 level.

Required Qualifications to be successful for Lead profiles:

• Technical Skills:

  • Strong experience in end-to-end data architecture and design, including ingestion, modeling, storage, and orchestration (ex. Medallion).

  • Proficiency in cloud-native engineering, with a focus on Microsoft technologies (Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse) but open to other cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud) with comparable tools.

  • Hands-on experience with data warehousing and data lake solutions (e.g., BigQuery, Azure Data Lake, Delta Lake, Amazon Redshift).

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python (with data-related libraries: e.g. Pandas, Boto3), SQL, or Spark.

  • Strong knowledge of RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, MS SQL Server) or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, ElasticSearch, GBQ).

  • Experience with DevOps/DataOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines.

  • Ability to implement data validation, lineage, documentation, and monitoring at scale.

  • Proven ability to optimize pipelines and storage solutions for performance, cost, and reliability.

  • Strong technical leadership experience, with proven ability to guide teams and communicate effectively.

Soft Skills:

• Ability to evaluate trade-offs and make clear, defensible technical choices.

• Translate complex engineering decisions into clear, accurate explanations for non-technical stakeholders.

• Uplift and mentor mid/junior engineers, enforce standards, and foster a collaborative technical culture.

• Break down ambiguous, complex problems into clear, actionable steps and drive them to resolution.

• Take responsibility for outcomes, anticipate issues, and drive long-term platform evolution.

What can you expect from us?

Mind-blowing workplace culture. You will be integrated in a professional, dynamic and collaborative team.

100% Remote opportunities

We want you to have the flexibility to work where you feel most comfortable and productive.

International Career

• You can expect professional growth and to be connect with the world.

• We are represented in Portugal, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Denmark.

• And with projects in many other countries: Netherlands, Luxembourg, Singapore and in the United States of America (and a lot more is coming…)

Extra Benefits & Perks

If you wish to work with us and you are outside European Union (good news…) we are a Tech Visa Company, We will help!

As a plus, we provide Health and Life Insurance.