Principal Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and advancement of our data platform, influencing how data is ingested, modeled, governed, and utilized throughout the organization.

• Take ownership of data architecture and schema design, making structural choices that benefit AI products, analytics, and operational users over time.

• Establish the technical vision for the data engineering team, setting standards for quality, reliability, and readiness for production.

• Promote data governance at an engineering level, focusing on data quality, lineage, ownership, and cataloging.

• Develop data infrastructure on AWS utilizing Terraform, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across various environments.

• Collaborate with the AI engineering team to prepare the data platform for AI needs: ensuring it is clean, structured, and scalable.

• Mentor and cultivate data engineers, creating a resilient team capability that is not reliant on any single individual.

• Contribute to strategic technical decisions and collaborate closely with the Head of AI on the direction of the platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in data engineering or roles related to data platforms.

• Demonstrated experience with Apache Iceberg or comparable modern table formats in production settings.

• Strong proficiency in dbt for constructing and maintaining transformation layers at scale.

• Practical experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Athena, and associated tools).

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Profound expertise in data architecture and schema design within complex, multi-domain environments.

• Proven history of leading a data engineering team or function and elevating the technical standards.

• Ability to influence the technical direction across teams without direct authority.

• Nice to Have: Experience in developing data platforms that cater to AI or ML workloads.

• Familiarity with data cataloging and governance tools.

• Background in compliance-heavy or multi-jurisdictional data environments (such as payroll, HR, finance, or similar).

• Experience with event-driven or streaming data architectures.

🏝️ Benefits

• Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote-first approach, allowing flexibility to accommodate personal needs like school runs and gym breaks, while upholding high work standards.

• Generous leave: Benefit from a competitive leave package that includes paid bonding leaves for new family additions.

• Make a difference: Receive 2 paid charitable days off to support causes you are passionate about.

• Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.

• International environment: Expand your network globally and collaborate with teams around the world. Engage, discover diverse cultures, and leverage local expertise.

• Human-centered culture: We prioritize the people aspect in all our endeavors. Our supportive culture ensures your ideas reach our leaders, and your contributions receive the recognition they deserve.

• Learning: We facilitate your continuous growth by providing access to 2 learning platforms, allowing you to learn at your own pace.