Data Engineer

About the role

Data Engineer | Spark · Python · SQL
Barcelona · Hybrid (1 day in office per week)

About the company
International technology company with a small, technical, and highly collaborative data team. They work with a modern stack and with AI integrated into their daily routine, and they are in the midst of evolving their platform. They build new solutions from scratch.

What you'll do

• Build and maintain ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python, SQL, and PySpark on a cloud lakehouse platform.
• Manage ingestion from internal systems, external APIs, and third-party sources.
• Work on data quality and reliability, including a proprietary system of validations and alerts.
• Participate in AI projects, such as preparing data, generating embeddings, and developing search solutions with vector databases.
• Develop APIs, services, and internal applications that expose data to the business.
• Support the analytics and BI layer.
• Work with teams across the entire company to convert business needs into scalable and maintainable solutions.

What we're looking for

• Technical degree in Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, or another engineering field.
• Between 1 and 3 years of experience in data engineering.
• Experience with Spark, whether in Databricks or open-source Spark.
• Strong Python and SQL skills.
• Real experience building ETL/ELT pipelines in projects with volume and complexity.
• Knowledge of data modeling and data warehousing.
• Use of AI tools in development, with sound judgment.
• Conversational English at a minimum, as it is the company's working language.

Nice to have

• Experience with Databricks.
• Experience in cloud, whether AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Workflow orchestration tools.
• BI tools such as Looker, Power BI, or Tableau.
• dbt.
• Fundamentals of statistics and machine learning.
• Experience in consulting or multi-project environments.

What you'll get

• Permanent contract.
• Hybrid model with 1 day in the office per week in Barcelona.
• Annual salary review.
• New projects involving AI, semantic search, and data product development.
• Real mentorship and plenty of learning within a technical team.
• Speaking Spanish is not essential.

The profile

The profile
We are looking for someone with an engineering mindset, not a reporting-focused profile. They must enjoy solving new problems and learning new technologies without getting stuck. It is a team without silos, where everyone shares responsibilities and no one works in isolation.