Senior Data Engineer

Outsight; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Outsight is seeking a senior systems thinker to anchor the data lifecycle of spatial events. You will own high-volume event processing, translating data into well-modeled warehouse layers and clean semantic models.

Responsibilities include building ELT pipelines, managing schemas in Databricks/AWS, and creating a central semantic layer with Cube.js for reliable data contracts. Collaboration with services teams is key to scalable delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable ELT pipelines for high-volume spatial data.
• Proven ability to model semantic layers for API/LLM consumption.
• Strong experience with Databricks and AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, construct, and maintain production-grade ELT pipelines processing streaming spatial data and telemetry.
• Architect and manage schemas within Databricks and AWS environments, prioritizing zero-data-loss and ultra-low latency.
• Build out and optimize the central semantic abstraction layer using Cube.js, ensuring clean data consumption contracts.
• Collaborate with internal team to package reliable data pipeline integration blueprints for the Professional Services delivery squads.

Skills

Semantic data modeling

ELT pipelines

Databricks/AWS experience

AI coding frameworks

Data architecture fundamentals

Tools

Databricks

Cube.js

AWS

Job description

Outsight’s software solutions track the motion of people and vehicles using 3D LiDAR data.

Operators of transportation hubs like airports and train stations but also sport venues, road infrastructures and industrial sites can now access accurate and anonymous Spatial Intelligence data, in order to improve operations and increase user safety and satisfaction.

Our international team of scientists and engineers drive the development of our solutions from Paris, San Francisco, Sophia-Antipolis (Nice), Singapore & Hong Kong. To support our global outreach, we also operate a commercial office in Spain.

You can find below an interesting link about who we are and what we do :

Insights about Outsight

Our Passenger Flow Traffic Monitoring solution is trusted by the world’s leading airports and train stations across four continents, including the most renowned hubs celebrated for their operational excellence and exceptional passenger experience. We also deploy our solutions in other markets such as Tourism, Retail and Sports.

Additionally, our Car Traffic Remote Monitoring product is trusted by several Tier 1 customers, including BMW.

Context

We are seeking a senior systems thinker to anchor the data lifecycle of Outsight’s spatial events. This individual will own the structural flow of high-volume event data processing from our internal Perception stack and 3rd-party datasets, translating them into well-modeled, hyper-performant warehouse layers and clean semantic models.

Responsibilities

• Design, construct, and maintain production-grade ELT pipelines processing streaming spatial data and telemetry.
• Architect and manage schemas within Databricks and AWS environments, prioritizing zero-data-loss and ultra-low latency.
• Build out and optimize the central semantic abstraction layer using Cube.js, ensuring clean data consumption contracts.
• Collaborate with internal team to package reliable data pipeline integration blueprints for the Professional Services delivery squads.

Requirements for the role

Agentic Workflow & Productivity Edge: You must possess deep familiarity with structuring semantic layers specifically to be accurately browsed and mapped by LLM-driven agents. The ideal candidate actively utilizes advanced AI coding frameworks to multi-thread feature delivery and automate pipeline unit testing, achieving an outsized development cadence.

Why join us?

Be part of the team pioneering Spatial Intelligence solutions at unprecedented scale—the breakthrough technology transforming how the world’s most prestigious airports, infrastructure operators, and smart cities understand and optimize physical flows.

As a 7‑time Gartner‑recognized category‑defining leader with dozens of global awards including “Edge AI Product of the Year,” “LiDAR Leader Award,” “CES Best of Innovation” and many more, we’re backed by 37 patents and deployments with the most prestigious (and challenging) customers across four continents.

Join our international team of world‑class experienced engineers and business leaders solving humanity’s most complex spatial challenges, from passenger flow optimization to autonomous robotics coordination, while working at the cutting edge of 3D AI, LiDAR perception, and real‑time analytics.

Supported by rock‑solid investors including BNP Paribas, BPI France, Energy Innovation Capital and Demeter who back our long‑term vision, this is your opportunity to shape how physical and digital worlds interact, with the resources, growth trajectory, and technical challenges that will accelerate your career in ways traditional companies cannot offer.

Outsight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Outsighters don’t make employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military status, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Outsight also strives for a healthy and safe workplace, and prohibits harassment of any kind. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.