Senior Data Engineer

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Lisbon, PT
Permanent
Data
Intermediate (5+ years)
Requires work permit
Languages: Required: English

Skills

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Description

<!--block-->Join a technology-driven team at the forefront of the automotive industry's digital transformation. The team tackles complex systems and programming challenges, ensuring products flow smoothly across all stages of the digital value chain. Focus areas include vehicle software & operations, mobile online services, IT security, fleet management, sales & after-sales, purchasing & logistics, and product portfolio management.

  • <!--block-->Designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows supporting ML and GenAI use cases using Python and AWS services.
  • <!--block-->Building analytics tools that use the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics.
  • <!--block-->Managing data ingestion, orchestration, transformation, quality, and curation at scale.
  • <!--block-->Implementing and maintaining systems via event-driven architectures and APIs.
  • <!--block-->Collaborating closely with Data Scientists, product teams, and business stakeholders to translate data needs into robust solutions.
  • <!--block-->Ensuring high engineering standards: unit testing, mocking, CI/CD, code quality, repository structure, environment setup.
  • <!--block-->Providing technical guidance, code reviews, and mentoring to team members.

Requirements

  • <!--block-->Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or comparable work experience.
  • <!--block-->Proficiency in Python, including automation, scripting, and data engineering frameworks.
  • <!--block-->Strong experience with AWS, particularly: Lambda, S3, Glue, Athena, Step Functions, SQS/SNS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, IAM.
  • <!--block-->Experience with SQL and data modeling.
  • <!--block-->Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (preferably AWS CDK).
  • <!--block-->Strong experience with Spark/PySpark or similar distributed processing frameworks.
  • <!--block-->Proficiency with Git, repository structure management, Docker, and testing (unit tests, mocking, isolation).
  • <!--block-->Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab/GitHub Actions/CircleCI).
  • <!--block-->Experience building scalable, production-grade data pipelines.
  • <!--block-->Familiarity with ML/GenAI concepts.
  • <!--block-->Great English skills, both written and spoken.
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Nice to have

  • <!--block-->Familiarity with AWS Batch and Glue Workflows.
  • <!--block-->Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, Kinesis).
  • <!--block-->Experience with dashboards or visualization tools (QuickSight, Streamlit, Dash).
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Perks

  • <!--block-->€1,200 home office equipment allowance.
  • <!--block-->Flex allowance: €720/year (€60 per month x12).
  • <!--block-->Performance bonus.
  • <!--block-->Health insurance extendable to your household.
  • <!--block-->Wellbeing program extendable to your household.
  • <!--block-->Life insurance.
  • <!--block-->Pension fund.
  • <!--block-->Smartphone and phone data plan.
  • <!--block-->Discounts on VW Group cars and special financing conditions.
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