Lead Data Engineer GCP BigQuery DBT
Summary
Lead a squad of data engineers at a global FinTech/CFD trading company in Kraków, delivering batch and real-time Kafka data pipelines on GCP. Core stack: BigQuery, dbt, SQL, Python, with Medallion architecture, data contracts, observability and people management.
Lead Data Engineer (GCP BigQuery DBT) Krakow to 35,000 PLN p/month
Are you a senior Data Engineer with GCP skills combined with leadership experience?
You could be progressing your career in a Lead Data Engineer role at a global FinTech / CFD trading company that has been consistently voted as a top employer.
As a Lead Data Engineer you'll lead the delivery of data pipeline and platform capabilities within the GCP consolidation programme, owning Squad commitments end-to-end across batch and real time Kafka workloads. You'll combine technical leadership with people management, coaching and developing a Squad of Data Engineers while fostering a culture of engineering excellence, ownership and continuous improvement.
Data quality will be a key priority. You'll embed data contracts, observability and SLA monitoring across ingestion and transformation layers within the Medallion architecture, ensuring data is reliable, fresh and fit for purpose.
Location / WFH:
You'll join colleagues in the Krakow offices that offer a wide range of facilities and all the latest kit, with flexibility to work from home twice a week.
About you:
- You have experience of leading or technically mentoring data engineers, with the ability to set standards, conduct code and design reviews and develop the engineers' capabilities
- You have strong, hands-on experience building and operating production grade data pipelines on GCP includingBigQuery, with strong SQL and Python skills
- You have experience with Apache Kafka or equivalent streaming / pub/sub technologies, including designing event driven ingestion patterns and troubleshooting real time data flows under operational conditions
- You're familiar with modern transformation tooling, particularlyDBT and have an appreciation of Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture patterns and how they support self-service analytics
- You're comfortable working in a regulated financial services environment, with an understanding of data governance requirements (lineage, access control, audit trails) and the discipline tooperatewithin change control processes
- You have fluent English language skills
What's in it for you:
- Salary to 35,000 PLN p/month
- Private medical care for you and your family
- Life Assurance
- 25 days holiday (+ additional day for your birthday)
- Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black, Parents and Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events and projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
- Summer and Christmas parties as well as other social events