Principal Data Engineer

Summary

Designs and builds cloud-based data platforms and architectures in GCP, using Python, Spark, and SQL to enable analytics and reporting for business stakeholders.

Type of contract: Employment contract

Salary range: 22500 - 34500 PLN gross

What will you do?

Join a team focused on designing and delivering modern data platforms and architectures that support advanced analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making. You will work closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to define data strategies, shape architectural solutions, and ensure high standards of data quality, scalability, and performance across cloud-based environments.

Your tasks

  • Design and optimize data platform architecture
  • Design and implement data processing frameworks, templates, and solutions
  • Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams
  • Review, refine, and translate business requirements into architectural decisions
  • Drive data quality, metadata management, and governance best practices
  • Support the adoption of modern cloud-based data engineering solutions

Your skills

  • At least 8 years of commercial experience as a Data Engineer, Lead Data Engineer, or Data Architect
  • Strong expertise in SQL
  • Strong expertise in Python
  • Strong expertise in Spark or PySpark
  • Experience in data architecture, data quality, metadata management, analytics, and reporting
  • Strong experience with cloud data engineering tools, preferably within GCP
  • Experience designing data architectures on Databricks and/or Snowflake platforms
  • Experience with modern data engineering toolsets

Nice to have

  • Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Qlik, or Apache Superset
  • Experience in consulting environments
  • Experience in Data Science

We offer

  • Hybrid work in one of our locations: Lodz, Poznan, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw (2 office days per week)
  • Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
  • Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
  • Online training and certifications
  • Access to e-learning platform
  • Work From Anywhere (up to 140 days/year abroad)
  • Social events