Principal Engineer - Data and AI Lisboa

Principal Data Engineer - Platform and AI

Pleo is on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses manage company spending. No more outdated processes, clunky spreadsheets, or frustrating delays - we believe spend management should be seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike.

About The Role

You'll join the Data team to drive innovation and deliver impactful solutions that power our business. As a Principal Data Engineer, you'll move beyond incremental improvements to lead foundational projects. You will provide
- on leadership to shape the future of Pleo's data architecture.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with product and business teams to develop data strategies that enable new features and improve user experience
• Drive key strategic projects across the organisation, dipping in and out as needed to provide leadership and
  - on support
• Support multiple teams across Pleo in delivering impactful data and analytics solutions
• Build data products that directly support Pleo's product roadmap and business goals
• Collaborate with the VP of Data and other data leaders to set the vision for Pleo’s data strategy and ensure alignment with company objectives
• Enhance our data infrastructure and pipelines to improve scalability, performance, and data quality
• Experiment with and implement innovative technologies to keep Pleo’s data stack at the forefront of the industry
• Mentor engineers, analysts, and data scientists to foster growth and build a
  - class data team

What You Bring

• High proficiency in Python with a proven track record of delivering
  - quality data pipelines and products at scale
• Experience in designing, building, maintaining and scaling data platforms with experience in both the AWS and GCP ecosystems.
• Experience in building data products for analytics purposes, with a focus on AI/ML applications.
• Expertise in designing systems and data architecture serving platform, product and analytics purposes
• The ability to inspire and act as a trusted mentor who builds strong partnerships
• The ability to innovate with pragmatism, and you actively contribute to a culture of continuous learning by seeking and sharing knowledge

Why is this role a good fit for you

• You are a passionate technologist who loves balancing
  - level strategy with
  - on execution.
• You are excited about advancements in AI and data engineering best practices
• You want to own and shape Pleo’s data architecture (not just one piece of it), and help deliver it
• You excel at mentoring and empowering other data professionals, helping them grow their careers
• You have significant experience working in data platform teams with a proven track record in implementing and fostering Data
  Ops practices

The package

• United Kingdom: £136, 595 - £142, 120
• Spain / Portugal: €156, 000 - €172, 000

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more
  -
  - pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us for your work days - enjoy catered meals or receive a lunch allowance based on your local office
• Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location, coverage options include Vitality, Alan or Médis
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• For our Team, we offer both hybrid and fully remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• We use Mynd
  Up to give our employees access to free mental health and
  - being support with great success so far
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work

The Interview Process

• Intro call: A 30-minute chat with our Talent Partner to discuss the role and your background
• Hiring Manager interview: a 60-minute discussion with the hiring manager to dive deeper into your experience and our data vision
• A code review interview: a 60-minute live session where you'll review real data engineering code alongside our team
• A system design interview: a 75-minutes live session where you’ll work on a data architecture case alongside our team
• A leadership interview: a 45-minutes discussion with a senior leader focusing on behavioural skills and values

Pleo is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.