Data Engineers & Lead Data Engineer | Databricks · PySpark · Azure | Barcelona (Hybrid)

The company A integral leader in media measurement. Its data shows what the world watches across TV, streaming and digital in more than 80 countries. Following a major private equity investment, the business is building its own data engineering team in Barcelona, and is hiring the first three people to shape it.

The roles

- Lead Data Engineer (x1): a hands-on lead managing 3–5 engineers, setting the technical direction and working with an external delivery partner
- Data Engineer (x2): building and improving the large-scale pipelines behind products used by broadcasters, advertisers and agencies worldwide

What you’ll do

- Design, build and optimise data pipelines in PySpark and Databricks
- Write efficient, well-tested SQL and Python
- Add data quality checks, monitoring and automated tests
- Contribute to CI/CD, code reviews and the team’s engineering standards
- Use AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot and similar)



as part of everyday work
- For the Lead: mentor the team, set standards and work with stakeholders and the delivery partner

What you’ll bring

- Hands-on experience with Databricks, PySpark and SQL
- Experience with Azure, or another major cloud platform and a willingness to move across
- Python (Java is a bonus), Git and orchestration tools such as Airflow
- A strong sense of ownership and a focus on data quality
- For the Lead: experience leading or mentoring engineers
- Good English and Spanish

Why join

- Build, don’t inherit. Join a new team at the start and help shape how it works.
- Global-scale data, with work that ships straight into the product
- A modern tech stack, with real investment behind it
- Hybrid working in Barcelona

Interested in either role? Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.

📌 Data Engineer & Lead Data Engineer (Barcelona)
🏢 Desera
📍 Barcelona