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Simple Machines

Expert consultants, data architects & engineers building the next generation of data driven platforms and applications

Senior Data Engineer

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Location

Poland

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5 days ago

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0

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Senior Data Engineer

Simple Machines

• Own the end-to-end architecture of modern, cloud-native data platforms • Design scalable data ecosystems using **data mesh, data products, and data contracts** • Make high-impact architectural decisions across ingestion, storage, processing, and access layers • Ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and production-grade by design • Design and deliver cloud-native data platforms using **Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, and GCP** • Apply modern architectural patterns: **data mesh, data products, and data contracts** • Integrate deeply with client systems to enable scalable, consumer-oriented data access • Build and optimise **batch and real-time pipelines** • Work with streaming and event-driven tech such as **Kafka, Flink, Kinesis, Pub/Sub** • Orchestrate workflows using **Airflow, Dataflow, Glue** • Process and transform large datasets using **Spark and Flink** • Design systems that perform in production - not just on paper • Work across relational, NoSQL, and analytical stores (Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, Cassandra, MongoDB) • Optimise storage formats and access patterns (Parquet, Delta, ORC, Avro) • Implement secure, compliant data solutions with **security by design** • Embed governance without killing developer velocity • Work directly with clients to understand problems and shape solutions • Translate business needs into pragmatic engineering decisions • Act as a trusted technical advisor, not just an order taker • Set engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across teams • Review designs and code, providing clear technical direction and mentorship • Raise the bar on data quality, testing, observability, and operational excellence

Job Requirements

  • Strong **Python and SQL**
  • Deep experience with **Spark** and modern data platforms (Databricks / Snowflake)
  • Solid grasp of cloud data services (AWS or GCP)
  • Demonstrated ownership of large-scale data platform architectures
  • Strong data modelling skills and architectural decision-making ability
  • Comfortable balancing trade-offs between performance, cost, and complexity
  • Built and operated **large-scale data pipelines** in production
  • Strong data modelling capability and architectural judgement
  • Comfortable with multiple storage technologies and formats
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience (**Terraform, Pulumi**)
  • CI/CD pipelines using tools like **GitHub Actions, ArgoCD**
  • Data testing and quality frameworks (**dbt, Great Expectations, Soda**)
  • Experience in consulting or professional services environments
  • Strong consulting instincts — able to challenge assumptions and guide clients toward better outcomes
  • Comfortable mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical culture

Benefits

  • You’ll work on **interesting, high-impact problems**
  • You’ll build **modern platforms**, not maintain legacy mess
  • You’ll be surrounded by senior engineers who actually know their craft
  • You’ll have autonomy, influence, and room to grow

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