Senior data engineer – team lead & project delivery

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer – Team Lead & Project Delivery

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Work Regime: Full-time & Hybrid

Overview / Summary:

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to design and maintain scalable data architectures and pipelines, ensuring high data quality and availability across complex environments. This professional will lead multidisciplinary teams and oversee end-to-end project delivery, from requirements gathering to deployment.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

- Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient data architectures (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid).

- Manage the full lifecycle of data projects, from requirements gathering to delivery and maintenance.

- Develop and optimize ETL processes for handling large volumes of structured and unstructured data.

- Maintain data pipelines and oversee ingestion processes across multiple platforms.

- Promote best practices in data engineering, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring.

- Collaborate with Data Governance, Analytics, and AI teams to ensure data consistency and usability.

- Provide hands-on expertise in ETL development, pipeline maintenance, and data ingestion using Azure Data Lake and Databricks.

- Promote agile and DevOps practices within the team.

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements:

- Minimum of 10 years experience in Data Engineering.

- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.

- Experience in end-to-end project delivery, from requirements gathering to deployment.

- Strong communication skills.

Stack Tech

- Python

- Scala

- SQL

- Spark

- MongoDB

- PostgreSQL

- OpenShift

- Azure Data Lake

- Databricks

Complementary Requirements:

- Familiarity with emerging Big Data technologies.

- Experience in designing data architectures.

- Ability to promote agile and DevOps practices.

Benefits

Important:

- Our company does not sponsor work visas or work permits. All applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the position is based.

- Only candidates who meet the required qualifications and match the profile requested by our clients will be contacted.

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