Lead Engineer & Data Platform

What if your next challenge meant leading the hybrid data platform of an internationally leading investment management firm, with a global presence and world-class teams?

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At Q-tech, we're hiring a Lead Engineer & Data Platform to join a data infrastructure team that provides the secure, scalable and trustworthy foundation for storing, processing and distributing critical enterprise data, across cloud and on-premises environments.

This isn't just a technical role: it's a leadership position with direct impact on architecture, engineering standards and the future of the platform.

Location: Madrid

Your day-to-day would include:

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• Owning the end-to-end architecture and evolution of the enterprise data platform across hybrid environments.
  
• Setting the technical direction: roadmap, standards and reusable patterns for orchestration, scheduling and data processing.
  
• Leading architectural decisions, proofs of concept and adoption plans focused on scalability, security and cost.
  
• Establishing reliability, observability and operational standards (monitoring, alerting, failure recovery, SLOs).
  
• Driving automation through infrastructure as code, CI/CD and automated testing.
  
• Staying hands-on: design and code reviews, mentoring, and championing a culture of engineering excellence.
  

What we're looking for:

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• 12+ years of experience in data/platform engineering, designing and operating enterprise-scale data platforms.
  
• Production experience with Apache Airflow and Apache Kafka / event-driven architectures.
  
• Proven ability to integrate batch and streaming pipelines (Snowflake, Airflow, Kafka).
  
• Advanced Python and SQL;
  Java experience for Kafka-based services/connectors is a plus.
  
• Terraform, Git, CI/CD;
  OpenShift or Kubernetesexperience is a plus.
  
• Experience in regulated environments: security, data quality, access management and compliance.
  
• Proven technical leadership: team direction, mentoring and communication with technical and business stakeholders. xhfqzwm
  
• Fluent English, written and spoken.
  

If you're passionate about building robust data platforms, leading with strong technical judgment, and making an impact in a global financial environment, we'd love to talk to you.

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