Data Engineer I, Remote

About Velvetset

More than 11,200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

Overview

Velvetset needs someone who writes solid SQL and Python and treats pipelines like production software. This hire will help replace a set of fragile nightly scripts with tested, monitored pipelines. Remote within Spain. The team meets in Madrid once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do

• Work with analysts to define metrics and fix discrepancies between reports
• Ingest data from APIs, SaaS tools and databases with Fivetran, Airbyte or custom Python
• Maintain CI for data code and review pull requests
• Build batch and streaming pipelines with Airflow, Dagster or Prefect

What you'll need

• 1-2 years of data engineering, or backend work with data at volume
• Patience with messy source data and the habit of documenting assumptions
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD and testing practices for data code
• Strong Python for data processing
• Understanding of dimensional modelling and slowly changing dimensions
• Working knowledge of AWS, GCP or Azure data services

Also helpful

• Dbt Certified Developer or Databricks certification
• Terraform for data infrastructure
• Kafka, Flink or Spark Structured Streaming

Pay and benefits

Compensation: €26,000 - €31,000/year

• Private health insurance
• Training budget
• Meal vouchers
• Flexible remuneration plan

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetset S.L..