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Senior Data Engineer

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Senior Data Engineer at Talan Spain: a 9-month fixed-term contract to build and scale a modern data platform on Databricks, creating reusable frameworks and pipelines under a central platform team. 100% remote within Spain, working UK hours; core stack is Databricks, PySpark, SQL, and Python.

We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to help us build and scale our modern data platform. In this role, you will work closely under the guidance of our Central Platform Team to build our Databricks engineering framework, establish reusable development patterns, and advance our core codebase.

If you are passionate about modern data engineering practices, AI-assisted development, and building scalable data solutions, we’d love to have you on the team.

  • Proven experience as a Data Engineer or Data Platform Engineer working with Databricks.

  • Strong proficiency in PySpark, SQL, and Python within the Databricks ecosystem.

  • Hands-on experience with modern IDEs (VS Code) and version control workflows (Git / GitHub).

  • Familiarity or eager enthusiasm for using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT for code).

  • Experience implementing design patterns, reusable frameworks, and data pipeline modularization.

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, platform-guided environment.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, or Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold).

  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for data engineering (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).

  • Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

  • Work Location: 100% Remote within SPAIN.
  • Working Hours: Ability to work full-time within the UK time zone
  • Workload: Full-time (40h/week)
  • Contract Type: Temporary / Fixed-Term Contract - 9 months

If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you!

  • Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).

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