Senior Data Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain.

📋 Description

• Enhance a data platform that supports products catering to nearly 100M unique visitors each month.

• Architect, construct, and manage robust data pipelines from Postgres, MongoDB, event streams, and third-party APIs into the data warehouse.

• Make pragmatic architectural choices across the ingestion, storage, transformation, and serving layers.

• Lead the dbt project, focusing on structure, conventions, testing, documentation, and continuous integration.

• Manage and develop the semantic layer to ensure metrics are centrally governed and consistently utilized.

• Advocate for data cataloging, documentation, and comprehensive lineage tracking.

• Ensure data quality through testing, monitoring, alerting, lineage tracking, and service level agreements (SLAs).

• Enhance warehouse and columnar query performance.

• Collaborate with BI, Product, Development, Marketing, and Finance teams to create reusable data models.

• Mentor the broader BI/Data team through code reviews, collaborative work, and technical guidance.

• Provide insights on technology, development lifecycle, and processes.

• Take responsibility for code, tasks, and role-specific duties.

• Explore new technologies and continuously enhance the data platform.

⛳️ Requirements

• Senior-level experience as a Data Engineer, Analytics Engineer, or a similar role in a large-scale environment.

• Expertise in PostgreSQL, including complex transformations, window functions, and performance optimization.

• Practical experience with a columnar/analytical database; ClickHouse is preferred, along with familiarity with BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake, or similar systems.

• Strong background in using AI and understanding best practices for AI utilization, including claude.md, hooks, skills, rules, MCPs, and plugins.

• Significant production experience with dbt, encompassing project structure, testing strategies, macros, and CI/CD processes.

• Familiarity with a semantic/metrics layer such as Cube.dev, dbt MetricFlow, LookML, or similar frameworks.

• Experience with data cataloging, documentation, and lineage tools like OpenMetadata, DataHub, or similar applications.

• Proficient in Python for data engineering tasks, including pipelines, scripting, APIs, and data manipulation.

• Production experience utilizing PostgreSQL and MongoDB as source systems, with knowledge of replication, change data capture (CDC), and schema evolution.

• Experience in designing and maintaining data warehouses and dimensional/analytical models.

• Comfortable with Git, code reviews, and applying modern software engineering practices to data projects.

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability.

• Collaborative approach to problem-solving within a team environment.

• Experience in mentoring junior engineers.

• Familiarity with exploring new technologies.

• Commitment to clean code and architecture principles in data projects.

• Enthusiasm for data testing, unit tests, and end-to-end verification.

• Results-oriented with a proactive "Can Do" work ethic.

• Nice to have: Docker experience.

• Nice to have: AWS experience.

• Nice to have: background in high-traffic/high-volume data environments.

• Nice to have: understanding of Agile methodologies.

• Nice to have: experience working remotely.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote position or the option to work in our fantastic Barcelona office if preferred.

• Agile working environment.

• Access to a top-tier tech stack.

• Flexible working hours along with core hours.

• 10% additional salary for your chosen learning and development opportunities.

• Latest tech equipment, including a MacBook Pro.

• Company-sponsored Amazon book account.

• Opportunities to participate in off-sites, on-sites, events, and team activities.

• Join an amazing international team.

• Enjoy a day off on your birthday.

• Generous vacation and personal days provided.

• Receive a one-month paid sabbatical after three years of service.

• Health & Wellness budget available.