Lead Data Platform Engineer – Hybrid (Madrid)

Q-Tech; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 120.000 - 165.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Q-tech in Madrid is seeking a Lead Engineer & Data Platform to own the end-to-end architecture of our enterprise data platform across hybrid environments. This is a leadership role shaping architecture, standards and the platform's future.

You will lead technical direction, drive automation via IaC and CI/CD, mentor engineers, and collaborate with global teams in a regulated financial setting. Fluent English required.

Formación

• 12+ years of experience in data/platform engineering for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Production experience with Airflow and Kafka.
• Experience integrating batch and streaming pipelines (Snowflake, Airflow, Kafka).
• Advanced Python and SQL; Java is a plus.
• Terraform, Git, CI/CD; OpenShift or Kubernetes a plus.
• Experience in regulated environments: security and compliance.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder communication.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end architecture and evolution of the enterprise data platform across hybrid environments.
• Set the technical direction: roadmap, standards and reusable patterns for orchestration, scheduling and data processing.
• Lead architectural decisions, proofs of concept and adoption plans focused on scalability, security and cost.
• Establish reliability, observability and operational standards (monitoring, alerting, failure recovery, SLOs).
• Drive automation through infrastructure as code, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Staying hands-on: design and code reviews, mentoring, and championing a culture of engineering excellence.

Conocimientos

Python

SQL

Java

Leadership

English fluency

Herramientas

Terraform

Git

CI/CD

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

Q-tech in Madrid is seeking a Lead Engineer & Data Platform to own the end-to-end architecture of our enterprise data platform across hybrid environments. This is a leadership role shaping architecture, standards and the platform's future.

You will lead technical direction, drive automation via IaC and CI/CD, mentor engineers, and collaborate with global teams in a regulated financial setting. Fluent English required.