Senior Data Engineer

Automat-it is an all-in AWS Premier Partner and Managed Services Provider specializing in the startup ecosystem. With over 800 customers and 500+ AWS certifications, Automat-it brings hands-on expertise in AI, DevOps, and FinOps to empower fast-paced startups to grow, deliver & win. Our customers save significant time-to-market and optimize their cloud performance and costs.

We work across EMEA and the US, fueling innovation and solving complex challenges daily. Join us to grow your skills, shape bold ideas, and help build the future of tech.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Data & Analytics practice and build modern data solutions for our customers on AWS.

This is a highly hands-on engineering role. You’ll work across different customer environments and data challenges, from modernizing legacy pipelines and building lakehouse platforms to optimizing analytical workloads and owning smaller data platforms end-to-end.

You won’t be limited to one stack or one long-running product. One project may involve Spark and Apache Iceberg, another Redshift performance and data modeling, and another Kafka, OpenSearch, or a new data platform built from ingestion through analytics.

We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of a data engineering problem, make sound technical decisions, and deliver independently without needing constant direction.

📍 Work location: Ukraine, remote

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV in English.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize production data pipelines and data platforms on AWS.
• Build scalable data processing workloads using Spark/PySpark, Python, and SQL.
• Build and modernize data lakes and lakehouse architectures, working with technologies such as Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, and related data services.
• Design, troubleshoot, and optimize analytical workloads and data warehouses, including Amazon Redshift and other OLAP platforms.
• Modernize legacy and inefficient data workloads, including moving existing ETL/ELT processing to scalable distributed data architectures.
• Work with streaming and event-driven data pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis Data Firehose, and related services.
• Investigate real production data problems, from performance bottlenecks and data modeling issues to upstream/downstream dependencies, and recommend practical solutions.
• Take ownership of customer projects end-to-end, from understanding the technical problem through implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Work directly with customers when needed to clarify requirements, explain technical decisions, and recommend solutions based on your expertise.
• Build data foundations for analytics and ML workloads, collaborating with Data Scientists, DevOps, and MLOps engineers.
• Contribute to dashboards and analytics when required using QuickSight or other BI tools.
• Apply practical engineering practices around data quality, testing, CI/CD, security, governance, and infrastructure automation.

Requirements

• Strong production experience in Data Engineering, with the ability to independently own and deliver data projects.
• Deep hands-on experience with Apache Spark / PySpark and distributed data processing.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Hands-on experience building data solutions on AWS.
• Strong understanding of data lakes, lakehouse architectures, ETL/ELT, data modeling, and data processing at scale.
• Experience with analytical databases and data warehouses. Strong Amazon Redshift experience is highly valuable; deep experience with platforms such as Snowflake, Synapse, or similar OLAP technologies is also relevant.
• Understanding of streaming architectures and technologies such as Kafka or Amazon Kinesis.
• Ability to troubleshoot existing data systems, understand how data flows across upstream and downstream components, and improve performance and reliability.
• Ability to work autonomously, make pragmatic technical decisions, and take responsibility for delivery.
• Good communication skills and the ability to discuss technical problems and solutions directly with customers in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with Apache Iceberg or other modern open table formats and lakehouse technologies.
• Amazon OpenSearch Service / Elasticsearch experience.
• Experience with BI and visualization tools such as Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, or Power BI.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• CI/CD practices for data pipelines, including data testing and validation.
• Experience preparing data platforms for ML workloads using services such as Amazon SageMaker.
• Exposure to Amazon Bedrock, GenAI, or agentic development.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, ClickHouse, or other modern data platforms

What Success Looks Like in Year One

• Independently owns assigned data projects end-to-end, from understanding the problem and making technical decisions to implementation, troubleshooting, testing and successful delivery, with minimal supervision.
• Has built strong practical expertise across the team’s core data stack and can confidently work across different customer environments, including Spark, Python/SQL, data lakes/lakehouses, analytical and NoSQL databases, streaming and other technologies used by the team.
• Can investigate unfamiliar data problems independently, identify performance or data-modeling issues, understand upstream/downstream dependencies, and recommend pragmatic solutions to customers.
• Continuously expands technical depth, keeps up with modern Data technologies and patterns, and can quickly learn new technologies as customer projects and the Data practice evolve.

Why Join Automat-it?

Be at the Forefront of Cloud Innovation

Join a global leader and AWS Premier Tier Services Partner. We don't just use the cloud; we master it. As an All-In AWS partner, you’ll work with the most sophisticated tech stacks and help maintain our status as a top-tier collaborator in the global ecosystem.

Work on Meaningful, Large-Scale Impact

We specialize in helping startups and scaleups scale at speed. By joining us, you’ll be part of a team that has successfully completed hundreds of complex projects, directly influencing the growth of the next generation of unicorns through our unique "Product-based Professional Services" approach.

Accelerate Your Career Trajectory

In our fast-paced, dynamic environment, "growth" isn't just a buzzword. You will have:

• Clear Progression: Defined career paths from engineering to leadership.
• Continuous Learning: Sponsored AWS certifications and access to internal "Expert-led" knowledge sharing.
• Cutting-Edge Exposure: Early access to beta AWS features and high-level architectural challenges.

Thrive in a Culture of Excellence

We pride ourselves on a collaborative, supportive, and transparent culture. You’ll work alongside and learn from some of the industry’s brightest architects and DevOps engineers who are committed to mentorship and collective success, including AWS Gold Jacket recipients.

Global Reach, Boutique Feel

With over 250 employees across EMEA and the USA, enjoy the stability of a mature, profitable company with the agility and spirit of a startup. Whether you are working on GenAI & Agentic use cases, DevOps automation, FinOps optimization, or Kubernetes migrations, your voice is heard, and your contributions are visible.

Automat-it is committed to fostering a workplace that promotes equal opportunities for all. We firmly believe that cultivating a diverse workforce is crucial to our success. Our recruitment decisions are grounded in your experience and skills, recognizing the value you bring to our team.

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