Barcelona (Hybrid) - Type: Full-time Get to know us: Data at Frekuent isn't a side project - every tap on a Frekuent Spot, every loyalty reward, every fraud check produces it, and we're scaling fast enough that our current platform is starting to show the seams. We're hiring a Lead Data Engineer to own that platform end-to-end: not write a roadmap slide, but rebuild the pipelines, standards, and trust so the whole company - including the AI tools we're building on top of our data - can run on real numbers instead of guesses. You'll work directly with the exec team, and they want a partner who turns ambiguous business problems into a working data platform, not just a bigger backlog.

Set technical direction for data modeling, ETL/ELT, and infrastructure-as-code, and lead the engineers who build it. Own performance, reliability, and cost as data volume grows - not a "set it up once" job. Build real CI/CD for analytics, and set the bar for data quality, lineage, governance, and observability.

Champion a real data culture - push our products and processes to generate clean, reliable, trustworthy data. Own the data team's OKRs (trust, self-service, foundations, AI enablement), mentor engineers, help hire, and bring in tools that genuinely help. 8+ years in data engineering, including 3+ in a lead or technical-direction role. ~ Deep SQL and strong Python, with hands-on experience running a cloud data platform - Fabric, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks (Fabric a strong plus). ~ Real SQL Server experience - schema design, query tuning,



CDC/replication at volume - plus strong modern-data-stack skills, dbt especially. ~ Genuinely fluent with AI tooling - you know exactly where it helps and where it doesn't. ~ Experience with high-throughput data needs; Track record mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional projects, comfortable in a fast-scaling, shifting-priority environment. Have worked on Azure, or hold a Microsoft certification - DP-600 or DP-203.

Have built real-time/streaming pipelines (fraud detection, transaction monitoring, Event Hubs, Fabric RTI), or gone beyond Power BI reports into semantic models and row-level security. Have set up a data governance framework from scratch, or built an internal LLM assistant with real guardrails. Resilience means iterating until it works - not giving up early.

What's In It For You ~ A hybrid model that works - Enjoy the energy of our office 3 days a week and the flexibility of working remotely the other 2. ~ Health & wellness - private health insurance and discounted gym memberships to keep both body and mind in top shape. ~ Learning & development - English classes and role-specific training, because your growth is part of our journey. ~23 days of paid time off - plus local holidays, because great ideas need space to rest. ~ By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Frekuent's Privacy Policy.

📌 Lead Engineer/Data Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Frekuent
📍 Barcelona