One of the companies we collaborate with at Joppy, a TOP Fintech, is looking for a Data Engineering Lead to join the team.
Work modality: FULL REMOTE from anywhere in SPAIN or HYBRID in Barcelona.
What challenges you'll be solvingPeople Management & Growth:Lead, mentor, and directly manage the data engineering team, taking responsibility for their career development, hiring, and setting operational standards.
Modern Architecture Design:Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure data pipelines and data lake/lakehouse architectures within a cloud-native product ecosystem.
Self-Service Data Platform:Drive the transformation of our data infrastructure toward a self-service model, ensuring high data reliability, governance, versioning, and quality control.
Cross-functional Collaboration:Partner with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate complex real-world data problems into robust, production-grade products.
Performance Optimization:Own and optimize end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows, minimizing downtime and ensuring the infrastructure scales pragmatically with the company's growth.

What you'll need
(Must-have)Proven People Management

Experience:
Strong track record of directly managing teams of Data Engineers (including 1-on-1s, performance reviews, and team scaling), specifically within Product-driven or Scale-up environments.
Profiles coming exclusively from traditional IT Consulting or enterprise-corporate governance will not be considered.
Hands-on Technical Background:Deep, recent technical depth in cloud-native data platform engineering, with the ability to participate in technical decisions, code reviews, and pipeline optimization.
Mandatory AWS Cloud Stack:Strong background designing and implementing modern data platforms in cloud environments natively with AWS.
Modern Data Stack Expertise:Solid,



production-grade experience with Kafka, Airflow, dbt, and cloud data warehouses (ideally Redshift, though Snowflake or BigQuery is also valuable).
Core Languages:Advanced knowledge of Python and SQL.
DevOps & Data Governance:Familiarity with DevOps culture, CI/CD practices, Infrastructure as Code (e.
G., Terraform), and deep understanding of data lineage and quality controls.
Language:Fluent in English (cross-functional communication with international stakeholders).
Nice to haveExperience working closely with Data Analytics or BI teams, with the ability to guide analytics engineering efforts and design clean dimensional layers.
Experience with real-time data streaming architectures and messy, financial/transactional datasets.
What is offeredWe have a strong and sustainable foundation, where we provide a secure and reliable workplace.
You have the freedom and trust to make the best contribution possible.
One of our most valued strengths by our employees is our fellowship and supportive culture, which fosters a sense of belonging by working closely with our values.
With us, you will have challenging projects to work on and push your skills and knowledge.
In addition, we are very proud of the unique office we have, which offers a comfortable and inspiring environment to work in with everything you need.23 vacation days + 2 days of free disposal per year.
Professional development that includes access to a language learning platform.
Adaptable compensation plan for transportation, restaurants, and kindergarten with Cobee.
Health insurance discounts with Sanitas and DKV.
Hybrid work from Barcelona or full remote from Spain.
Office workshops and meet?ups to encourage community participation and career growth.
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📌 Data Lead | Full Remote Spain (España)
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