Staff Data Engineer: Lead Scalable Data Platforms

Dow Jones; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

Paid time off

Meal vouchers

Retirement plans

Wellness resources

Education benefits

Family care

Discounts

Employee referrals

Financial health

Cybersecurity protection

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data platforms powering analytics, product experiences and business decisions. You balance hands‑on development with technical leadership in the Technology team.

You will lead architectural direction, drive cross‑team initiatives, and partner with engineering, product and analytics to solve complex problems and improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software or data engineering experience.
• Experience with data lakes and modern data orchestration (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow).
• Strong programming and query skills (SQL, Java, Python) and API design (REST/GraphQL).

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect large-scale data engineering initiatives with clear business impact.
• Drive data quality, reliability, and maintainability improvements across data systems.
• Mentor teams and align cross-functional stakeholders to strategic data initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

SQL

Python

Java

REST APIs

GraphQL

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

AWS (EC2, S3, Kinesis, ECS, SNS, SQS, Lambda)

Job description

Dow Jones is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to design and deliver scalable data platforms powering analytics, product experiences and business decisions. You balance hands‑on development with technical leadership in the Technology team.

You will lead architectural direction, drive cross‑team initiatives, and partner with engineering, product and analytics to solve complex problems and improve outcomes.