Senior Data Engineer

Doist; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Knot Worldwide is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Barcelona to own end-to-end data pipelines, modeling, and governance. You will collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Marketing and Revenue to enable trusted analytics and scalable data foundations.

Proficiency in SQL, Python, and dbt is essential, with experience in Airbyte and Airflow. This hybrid role combines data engineering with BI/presentational aspects to drive data-driven decisions.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field
• 3+ years of experience in data modeling, pipelines, warehousing
• Strong SQL and dbt modeling
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with Airbyte and Airflow is a plus
• Knowledge of cloud data platforms and governance

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end scalable data pipelines for diverse data sources
• Apply dimensional modeling to map business processes into an enterprise data model
• Develop and support complex ETL infrastructure to deliver clean data
• Collaborate on architecture and strategy for data pipelines deployment
• Mentor other Data Engineering team members and promote best practices

Conocimientos

SQL

dbt

Python

Airbyte

Airflow

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Snowflake

Airbyte

Airflow

Descripción del empleo

WHAT WE DO MATTERS:

At The Knot Worldwide, we champion celebration - and that starts with celebrating our people. Our employees are passionate dreamers, thoughtful doers, and lifelong learners who power meaningful moments for millions around the world. We’re united by authentic connection, shared purpose, and a deep commitment to the global community we serve. Here, flexibility and belonging go hand in hand with high performance. Driven by our core values, we believe the best ideas come from empowered teams: those who consistently collaborate with intention to design solutions, spark ideas, and drive impact. Our people are at the heart of our success.

ABOUT THE ROLE AND OUR TEAM:

The Knot Worldwide’s Data team is looking for a highly motivated, highly energetic team-player with a strong analytical mindset to join as a Senior Data Engineer supporting end-to-end data pipelines for our business. A top priority for the company this year is to establish a robust data foundation to power trusted analytics, intelligent ML/AI systems, and scalable business growth. This role will be partnering closely with our stakeholders and also with other Data teams to develop data models and data-driven solutions that enable deep analysis and self-service analytics for our Business Domains (Product, Marketing and Revenue). We see a Senior Data Engineer as a hybrid role that combines mostly data engineering skills but also having the ability to pivot through business intelligence or reporting models. You will be responsible for building (leading) end-to-end data pipelines using tools like dbt, airbyte, airflow and other modern data stack. This role requires proficiency in SQL, python, data transformation, data modeling, but also collaboration skills and business acumen as they play a crucial role in enabling data-driven decision-making within our organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, build, and maintenance of end-to-end scalable data pipelines to collect, process, and analyze large and complex datasets from various sources , including but not only, website visitors behavioral tracking, customer data, transactional data and other business data using tools like Airbyte, Python and dbt to write mainly SQL-based data transformations and ensure the data is clean and ready for analysis
• Apply dimensional modeling techniques to design tables and views that map business processes into an enterprise data model.
• Develop and support complex ETL infrastructure to ensure the delivery of clean and reliable data to the organization
• Participate in overall architecture and strategy for the deployment of our end-to-end data pipelines.
• Partner with the rest of Data Platform Engineering Teams to provide business logics to design, develop and move data pipelines into production.
• Partner with Manager / Lead to define best practices, templates, scalable code for our tech stack development, mainly in dbt.
• Assist with performance and tuning of our existing models, pipelines and data-applications.
• Foster data governance practices , ensuring data privacy and security, and documenting data pipelines, transformations, and models, contributing to maintaining a data-driven culture within the organization
• Understand our business and processes including how our data pipelines and data apps support the business processes and apply this knowledge to best solve problems.
• Work and communicate with end users / stakeholders across the organization to understand their needs, providing insights, training them on use of the Information Mart models, data-applications or any actionable results in support of decisions.
• Clearly scope, track, execute, and communicate on projects in an Agile environment
• Mentor other Data Engineering team members, provide technical leadership and guidance in data engineering projects and initiatives.
• Oversee the top of funnel metrics for at least one Business Domain and ensure consistency in their usage across models and reporting by maintaining great documentation

SUCCESSFUL SENIOR DATA ENGINEER CANDIDATES HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or relational functional field) 3+ years experience including design, development, data management, administration and support building data models, data pipelines, data warehousing (Snowflake preferred)
• Advanced proficiency in modeling using SQL and dbt.
• Strength in Python.
• Experience in data ingestion & orchestration (Airbyte & Airflow) is a plus.
• Solid understanding of modern data engineering and architecture concepts and practices.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, data pipelines, data marts, semantic layers like Cube, and data integration techniques and tools mostly in cloud infrastructure.
• Marketing Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of Paid Media performance metrics and the ability to convert complex marketing requirements into end-to-end data pipeline designs.
• Solid understanding of different business process models and reporting needs and ability to convert requirements into models and end-to-end data pipeline designs.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work both independently and with others.
• Versatile and quick learner with ability to pick up any new skills necessary to get the job done.
• Positive attitude and ability to receive and provide objective and constructive feedback.
• Strong organizational and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail, curiosity to detect and explain data anomalies.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in different reporting tools or data applications like Qlik, Tableau, Power BI, Looker, Streamlit ... is a plus.
• Work with Agile methodology and JIRA are a plus.
• Our international work environment requires fluency in spoken and written English.

WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT YOU:

• Commit to our customers : You act as one team on behalf of our customers. You lead with head and heart, and build what matters for life's most meaningful moments.
• Raise the bar: You define "great" and work backwards. You don't just accept how it's been done, but boldly define how it should be.
• Be all in: You believe in our mission and take ownership of your work. You debate openly to reach the best outcomes, speaking with clarity and care, embracing diverse perspectives, then commit fully.
• Celebrate impact: You measure success by the outcomes you create. You hold yourself accountable to delivering value, while recognizing progress and the lessons learned along the way. You love to win, together.

WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT US:

We believe in a wide range of holistic offerings to support our employees so that they can live our values day in and day out. From mental wellbeing, physical health and financial planning, to engaging perks and discounts, we are in the business of celebrating and supporting the Moments that Matter, both in and out of the office.

• mental wellbeing
• physical health
• financial planning
• engaging perks and discounts
• flexible vacation
• generous parental leave
• prioritize initiatives that support the growth, development, and happiness of our people

WORK MODEL:

This role is Together@TKWW-eligible and based near one of our office hubs. You'll be expected to work in the office two days a week as part of our hybrid work model.

• Barcelona, Spain
• Delhi, India
• Galway, Ireland
• London, England
• New York, NY
• Washington, D.C.

The Knot Worldwide provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.

In addition to federal law requirements, The Knot Worldwide complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

The Knot Worldwide expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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