Data Engineer w/FR
Summary
Data Engineer (French speaker) with 4+ years' experience designing batch and real-time ETL/ELT pipelines, data lakehouse architectures, and data quality frameworks. Uses Python/Scala/Java, Spark, cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, etc.), and Airflow-style orchestration. Hybrid role in Lisbon (2–3 days on-site) collaborating with francophone European teams.
Are you a passionate Data Engineer looking to build resilient data architectures, optimize pipelines, and drive data-driven decision-making within a high-scale international ecosystem?
At act digital, we are looking for a Data Engineer (French Speaker) with at least 4+ years of experience to join a strategic project in a hybrid setup based in Lisbon (Parque das Nações) (2 to 3 days on-site per week)!
What You Will Do
- Data Pipelines & Ingestion: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, robust batch and real-time data pipelines (ETL/ELT).
- Architecture & Warehousing: Collaborate on data modeling, data warehousing, and modern data lakehouse architectures to support advanced analytics and reporting.
- Data Quality & Governance: Implement data validation frameworks, monitoring, and automated data quality checks across the pipeline lifecycle.
- Optimization & Performance: Tune SQL queries, monitor cluster workloads, and optimize data storage and processing performance.
- Cross-Border Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional European teams (Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and Business Stakeholders) in an Agile delivery framework.
What We Are Looking For
- Experience: Minimum of 4+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering or ETL/ELT development.
- Core Languages: Strong proficiency in Python (or Scala / Java).
- Data Platforms & Big Data Ecosystem: Solid experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery) and distributed systems (e.g., Spark or Hadoop).
- Workflow Orchestration & CI/CD: Hands-on experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect, ADF) and Git-based CI/CD workflows.
- Languages (Mandatory): French: Fluent / Professional working proficiency (B2/C1 minimum) to collaborate daily with francophone teams. English: Professional working proficiency.
Nice to Have
- Experience within financial services, banking, or highly regulated enterprise environments.
- Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Exposure to streaming architectures (Kafka, Event Hubs, Flink).
What We Offer
- Impactful projects within top-tier European organizations.
- Long-term stability within a certified Great Place to Work company.
- High-trust environment, continuous learning, and exposure to cutting-edge data stacks.
Skills
- Agile
- Airflow
- Analytics
- AWS
- Azure
- Big Data
- BigQuery
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Containerization
- Data Engineering
- Data Modeling
- Data Pipelines
- Data Quality
- Data Warehousing
- Databricks
- Distributed Systems
- Docker
- ELT
- ETL
- Flink
- GCP
- Git
- Hadoop
- Infrastructure as Code
- Java
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- Lakehouse
- Prefect
- Python
- Scala
- Snowflake
- Spark
- SQL
- Terraform
- Workflow Orchestration