Who you are
- You come from a strong hands-on background in data engineering, with deep experience in ETL/ELT, data pipelines, complex data transformations, and data modelling. Ideally, you have worked as a senior data engineer on various types of data architectures and pipelines at scale before transitioning to a data architect role
- You have proven experience as a data architect incl. on (cloud) systems level, ideally across multiple teams, domains or projects
- You have experience in a (data) integration context, where robustness, reusable connector and ingestion frameworks, external integration patterns like schema-drift detection, backfill and replay, idempotency are key
- You get energized from optimizing technical architectures, structure, tooling, support and other processes, and from designing future-proof architectures in a fast-moving environment
- You have a proactive, "can-do" attitude, viewing challenges as opportunities and inspiring a positive, solution-oriented mindset
- You excel at seeing the bigger picture, breaking down large architectural projects into clear,



scoped technical initiatives
- You have strong knowledge of data cloud technologies, data-related services and systems (like Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Google Cloud Composer/Airflow), and cloud database solutions (like BigQuery, Spanner, Snowflake, or Databricks)
- Professional proficiency in Python for large-scale data processing and pipeline development
- You are a forward-thinking architect who views AI as a core part of modern architecture. You have hands-on experience in working with AI tools and agentic workflows to ship higher-quality work, faster
- You are fluent in English, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- We welcome:
- Experience building integrations with third-party APIs and other external data sources
- Experience within the hospitality technology sector or similar industries (e.g. airline industry)
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, Spanner,

📌 Staff Technical Data Architect (Barcelona)
🏢 Lighthouse
📍 Barcelona