Solution Architect (Data Engineering)
Summary
Vention is hiring a Data Engineering Solution Architect in Vilnius to design and build cloud-native data platforms: ETL/ELT pipelines, Lakehouse/DWH architectures, and BI semantic models using Azure, Databricks, Spark/PySpark, dbt, SQL, and Python, while leading architecture governance and stakeholder collaboration.
- Build, optimize, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using cloud platforms
- Integrate and manage diverse data sources, ensuring data quality, reliability, and accessibility for analytics and ML use cases
- Design and maintain cloud-native data architectures (Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Data Lakehouse) that scale with business needs
- Develop data processing solutions using Spark / PySpark in distributed environments
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into efficient, scalable data solutions
- Support analytics use cases by enabling data consumption for reporting, dashboards, and visualization tools
- Stay up to date with modern data platform technologies and best practices, contributing to continuous improvement of the data ecosystem
- 6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or Analytics Engineering roles
- Strong expertise in dimensional modeling with hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale Kimball, Star Schema, and Data Vault solutions
- Proven experience designing modern Lakehouse architectures and Medallion data platforms
- Deep hands-on experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, dbt, SQL, and Python
- Strong knowledge of Azure data services, including ADLS, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, and related ecosystem components
- Experience building scalable semantic models for BI, analytics, and reporting platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker
- Strong understanding of data governance, data lineage, metadata management, and data quality frameworks
- Experience defining architecture standards, reviewing technical designs, and leading architectural governance processes
- Ability to engage effectively with senior business stakeholders and translate complex business requirements into scalable data solutions
- Strong understanding of distributed data processing, performance optimization, and cloud-native architecture patterns
- English B2+ with confidence presenting architectural solutions to international stakeholders
- Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect, Databricks, or equivalent cloud certifications will be a plus
Vention is a global engineering partner to tech leaders and fast-growing startups, combining 20+ years of product development expertise with an AI-first approach and a reputation for reliable delivery.
With 150+ data engineers and over 20 years of experience, we help startups and enterprises turn data into smart decisions and better user experiences. Our teams work with Python, Java, Scala, and R to build scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that power real results.
- EDU corporate community (300+ members): tech communities, interest clubs, events, a small R&D lab, a knowledge base, and a dedicated AI track
- Licenses for AI tools: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and others
- Expanded medical insurance for employees
- Meetups, organized by our company
- Corporate getaway & teambuilding activities
- Pizza days, office gatherings
- Access to discounts across a variety of stores, restaurants & cafes through a corporate discount program
- Referral bonuses for bringing in new talent
Skills
- Accessibility
- AI
- Analytics
- Azure
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse
- Cloud
- Cloud Native
- Data Engineering
- Data Governance
- Data Lake
- Data Lineage
- Data Pipelines
- Data Quality
- Data Warehousing
- Databricks
- dbt
- Delta Lake
- Dimensional Modeling
- ELT
- ETL
- GitHub
- Github Copilot
- Java
- Lakehouse
- Looker
- Machine Learning
- Metadata Management
- Power BI
- PySpark
- Python
- Scala
- Spark
- SQL
- Tableau
- Vault