Senior Data Ops Engineer (f/m/d)

EQS Group AG; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid-working model

Work from abroad within the EU

Regular team events

Job summary

EQS Group AG in Barcelona seeks a Senior Data Ops Engineer to strengthen our data platform for a Compliance SaaS solution. You will design, implement, and maintain data pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling with emphasis on automation and observability.

Collaborate with SRE and Backend teams, build Airflow DAGs and dbt pipelines, run Kubernetes environments, and ensure reliable production data flows for insights teams. This role offers growth and mentoring responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills and experience with data transformation tools such as dbt or similar.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and production deployments.
• Excellent English communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development: design, build, and maintain Airflow DAGs and dbt pipelines.
• Kubernetes & Infrastructure Operations: manage Kubernetes environments and production readiness.
• Cross-Team Coordination: align architecture with SRE and Backend teams.
• Monitoring, Metrics & Support: expand monitoring and address user-reported issues.

Skills

SQL

Python

CI/CD & Git

English communication

Data ops

Tools

Kubernetes

Airflow

dbt

Docker

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Trino

Job description

JOIN OUR TEAM

Do you have a passion for building innovative technology solutions? Our team in Barcelona is seeking a talented Senior Data Ops Engineer to join us in building the next generation of our Compliance SaaS platform using cutting-edge technology. You will design, implement, and maintain test automation frameworks that drive our continuous delivery process. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate service integrations, test our products and systems, and optimize our testing strategies. If you’re looking for growth and the opportunity to mentor other engineers, this may be the right role for you! EQS Group is a leading international cloud software provider in the areas ofcompliance & ethics, data privacy, sustainability management, and investor relations. We help thousands of companies worldwide cultivate trust by simplifying the complexities of compliance, investor relations, and transparent communication with stakeholders. Transparency is especially important to us. That is why we communicate all our commitments tosustainability, diversity, equality, and well-beingon our homepage and our social media platforms. We do this for you, for us, for everyone – fairly and publicly. The key to our success ishiring talented people who bring passion to the table every day, take responsibility, and support each other in the best possible way to create a trustworthy environment. Let’s get this updated as well, to reflect the position name and locations (Germany/Spain) rather specific compared to the other parts. I would probably replace this with test our products and infrastructure, or something like that. I would say "role"

OUR CULTURE DRIVES OUR BENEFITS

• You're important.A trusting environment and lifelong learning for your individual development. Set personal development goals, receive support and regular feedback. We support you in equipping yourself for success.
• Living our values. Take responsibility for a variety of tasks, find out what you like to work on, and find your way to make your own personal impact with us!
• Great atmosphere.Regular team events, parties, and a talented international team with a common goal that unites us all.
• Be part of an exciting journey. Contribute to our success story of becoming the leading European cloud provider for corporate compliance and investor relations solutions.
• Work-life balance is a must. we offer flexibility through our hybrid-working model, conveniently arrange your working hours, and the ability to work from abroad within the EU.
• Special Perks Just for You. Benefits may vary per location but we offer a wide range of perks!

YOUR IMPACT

As aSenior Data Ops Engineer, you will drive the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data platform. You will shape how we manage data pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling. You will embed automation, strengthen observability, and ensure our data infrastructure meets the Insights team's needs. Your impact will extend beyond individual pipelines, influencing processes, teams, and the long-term stability of our data platform.

Here’s how you will contribute to our team:

• Data Pipeline Development. You will design, build, and maintain Airflow DAGs, data ingestion pipelines, and dbtpipelines that move and transform data across our platform. Your work ensures that data flows reliably from source to destination and that downstream teams can trust the models they build on top of it.
• Kubernetes & Infrastructure Operations. You will maintain our Kubernetes namespaces and Trino and Airflow clusters and manage multiple environments end-to-end. By keeping our infrastructure stable, scalable, and production-ready, you give every team that depends on it the confidence to build and ship at speed.
• Cross-Team Coordination. You will coordinate closely with the SRE team on infrastructure and deployment topics, and work hand in hand with the Backend team to align on shared architecture decisions. Your ability to communicate clearly across teams keeps our data platform consistent with the systems it connects to.
• Monitoring, Metrics & Support. You will expand our monitoring and alerting setup, prepare internal metrics that give teams clear visibility into system health, and assist with user-reported bugs as they come in. Together, these efforts keep our platform reliable and our users confident in the data they depend on.

THIS IS YOU

• Strong SQL skills, paired with experience in data transformation tools such as dbt, SQLMesh, or similar. You can write, tune, and troubleshoot complex queries, turning raw data into clean, tested, and well-documented models.
• Solid experience with the Linux command line. You are comfortable working in a terminal and troubleshooting issues in a Linux environment.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helmcharts, Docker, and similar containerization tooling. You’re comfortable deploying, running, and troubleshooting containerized workloads in production.
• Experience with database management, ideally with PostgreSQL and MySQL. You can tune and maintain relational databases and investigate performance and data issues.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git. You know how to ship changes safely and collaborate through code review and clear version control practices.
• Experience working with AI, including writing skills or tools for AI systems. You’re comfortable applying AI to improve engineering and data workflows and reviewing the quality of its outputs. You’re building agents to automate workflows and processes.
• Solid experience with Python development - or, alternatively, another object-oriented programming language. You can write clean, maintainable code to automate and extend our data tooling.
• Strong prioritization skills and a practical approach to changing priorities. You can balance planned improvements with operational issues, communicate trade-offs, and stay focused during incidents.
• Excellent English communication skills. You work effectively with people from different backgrounds, both technical and non-technical. You can explain your decisions, challenge ideas constructively, and remain open to other perspectives.
• You bring 4+ years of experience in data operations, data engineering, or data platform operations, including building and maintaining data pipelines and supporting production data infrastructure.

Ideally, you also bring:

• Experience with Apache SparkorTrino SQL for large-scale data processing.
• A good understanding of networking, which helps you troubleshoot connectivity issues across our infrastructure.