Vista, a Cimpress company, helps small business owners across the world design and market their business.
Lead Data Engineer
Location
Czechia
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Data Engineer
Vista
• Architect & Lead Operational Data Flows by designing and overseeing the implementation of an Operational Data Store (ODS) • Build low-latency data streams using technologies like Kafka or Flink to power embedded analytics directly within customer-facing applications • Establish "Data Contracts" with upstream engineering teams to ensure high availability and schema stability for all real-time operational flows • Own the transition and scaling of our Analytical Data Store (e.g., Snowflake), ensuring it is optimized for both performance and cost-efficiency • Modernize transformation layer by implementing robust ELT patterns and modular data modeling (using dbt and airflow) • Champion Data Governance, ensuring that every dashboard and report is backed by high-quality, audited, and well-documented data • Build the "Data Foundation" for Machine Learning, including development of Feature Stores and automated pipelines for model training and inference • Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of "DataOps" where automation, testing, and observability are the default • Act as a strategic partner to Product and Executive leadership, translating complex technical roadmaps into clear business value
Job Requirements
- 8+ years in Data Engineering, with at least 3+ years in a formal leadership or management role
- Proven experience architecting cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks)
- Expert-level proficiency in Python (for automation/pipelines) and SQL (for complex modeling and optimization)
- Proficiency in AWS infrastructure management and event-driven pipelines (Kinesis, IAM, Monitoring, and IaC frameworks)
- Hands-on experience with stream processing tools (Kafka, Flink, or Spark Streaming)
- Ability to design ELT/ETL architectures from scratch using dbt, with a focus on idempotency, scalability, and error handling.
- Experience implementing data quality frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, Monte Carlo) and ensuring compliance (GDPR/CCPA)
- Experience in a "Product-led" organization where engineering is a value-driver
- Ability to communicate complex architectural constraints (like latency or data consistency) to non-technical partners in terms of business impact and ROI
- Proven track record of working with Product Managers to ship data-intensive features in an Agile environment
Benefits
- Remote-First operating model and culture
- Collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together
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