Tech Lead Data Engineer / Data Architect (x2) – Contract

Location: Barcelona, Spain (hybrid/onsite as required) Rate: ~€450/day (flexible for strong candidates) We’re looking for 2 highly experienced Tech Lead / Senior Data Engineering Architects to lead the design and delivery of an enterprise-scale data platform. You’ll drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and work with stakeholders across multiple time zones to deliver secure, scalable, compliant data solutions for analytics and BI.

Must-have skills

Data Mesh (core concepts and practical implementation) Snowflake (architecture, performance tuning, security, cost optimisation) AWS (hands-on delivery experience) dbt (ELT framework design and best practices) Strong Python and advanced SQL (complex query optimisation) Proven data engineering / data architecture background

Key responsibilities





Own end-to-end data platform architecture and delivery (Snowflake-led) Build and optimise ETL/ELT pipelines using dbt and cloud-native tooling

Establish standards (modelling, naming, governance, quality, lineage, cataloguing) Implement CI/CD & DataOps practices (testing, deployment, monitoring) Partner with integral stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions

Ensure GDPR and related compliance requirements are met

Provide technical leadership and mentoring across the engineering team

Nice to have

Orchestration (e.G., Airflow or similar) Data lake / lakehouse exposure

BI tooling (Tableau / Power BI) Regulated-industry experience

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