Senior Data Engineer & People Lead Porto

Senior Data Engineer & People Lead
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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Senior Data Engineer & People Lead

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.

If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey.

The Role

Zühlke is internationally recognized for expertise in developing Machine Learning solutions for customers in many different industries. We are investing heavily in global growth in AI & Data. We believe that Data will have a positive impact on our society and environment. Data allows us to address urgent yet unsolved problems in a broad range of fields, from specific applications within organizations to problems of global significance.

We help our customers standardize and automate manual data manipulation through a holistic approach to data problems: through processes, technology, and people. We help them understand and build the most valuable use cases for their organization, which will advance their competitive advantage or solve internal efficiency challenges.

This is where you come in.

Important: To ensure a smooth review process, please submit all application documents (CV, cover letter) in English only.

How you’ll make impact

• Being a trusted advisor, guiding our customers towards a successful technical solution to their data challenges.
• Communicating the what, why and how of proposed solutions to technical and
  - technical stakeholders.
• Mastering the big data world whilst developing, testing, and monitoring distributed data processing pipelines.
• Extrapolating versatile data sets and sources to produce high quality, reproducible datasets in a scalable and maintainable way.
• Collaborating with other data roles such as Architects, Software Engineers and Data Scientists with ease.
• Understanding the needs of many types of producers and consumers for our data services, ensuring our products meet their requirements.
• Delivering projects in an Agile way, building iteratively to produce value from data early and frequently.
• Keeping yourself technically sharp, being open to learning new concepts and technologies.
• Leading a team of passionate engineers, helping them grow and develop.

What is important to us

• You have a degree in computer science, software engineering or a comparable education (e. g. , mathematics).
• Extensive years in software development or data engineering positions.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining data products that meet the needs of data consumers.
• An understanding of data analysis, machine learning, and data visualization to produce the right data for data consumers.
• Experience with data architectures (e. g. , Data Lake, Data Mesh, Data Warehouse, streaming, batch processing).
• Cloud experience with Databricks, Azure, or AWS is essential.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL, with interest or skills in Hadoop, Apache Spark, Hive, Airflow, RDBMS, No
  SQL, Dev
  Ops, Kubernetes, Java, or. NET.
• Hands-on experience with relational and No
  SQL databases.
• Knowledge of big data infrastructures and handling various data types.
• Experience with containerization and cloud environments.
• Understanding of data security and governance.
• Strong data programming skills in Java or Python.
• Experience delivering projects on time, with quality, preferably in
  - facing roles.
• Proven experience managing engineers.

What we offer

• Work-life balance: flexible hours, remote work options.
• Profit sharing: bonus based on company success.
• Global, diverse community: collaboration across offices, team events.
• Development focus: investment in your skills and growth.

How to Apply

Applications must be in English. For benefits, visit our link. Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we look forward to learning about your ambitions!

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

Our values and approach

• Deliver real impact quickly through technology.
• Constant learning and growth opportunities.
• Trust and independence in your work.
• Making a positive societal impact through technology.
• Recognition and influence within Zühlke.