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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