Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer
Braga
Braga, Braga, Portugal

The Opportunity

Are you a seasoned expert ready to lead the design of
- scale cloud data platforms?

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Xalt-Fi Portugal is looking for a Senior Data Engineer / Tech Lead to drive a
- impact transformation program for one of Europe’s leading market infrastructure operators . This is a strategic role where you will guide technical choices and build
- critical solutions in a
- first environment.

What You’ll Do

• Tech Leadership: Act as a technical reference, advising on data strategy, architecture, and implementation approaches.
• Architect & Build: Design and develop scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse architectures (primarily Iceberg ; Hudi/Delta are a plus).
• Modernize: Lead the migration and redesign of legacy systems (SQL Server/SSIS) into modern AWS-native cloud environments.
• ⚙ Orchestrate: Build and automate ETL/ELT workflows using Airflow, Step Functions, and AWS native orchestration .
• ⚡ Optimize: Implement advanced Lakehouse optimizations (Compaction, Z-Order ) for
  - performance data delivery.