Data Platform Engineer - Hybrid & AI-Driven ETL

MetLife, Inc.; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Private health insurance

Pension benefits

Job summary

MetLife Ireland, with hubs in Dublin and Galway, seeks a data engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of data pipelines using modern cloud technologies. You will collaborate with business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions and help advance our data platform.

The role emphasises Agile delivery, CI/CD, and governance, with exposure to Power BI and reporting, and opportunities to mentor engineers in a rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 6–10 years in data engineering or data warehousing.
• Experience working in Agile delivery teams.
• Strong SQL, data modelling, and data integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Create ingestion frameworks for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Develop batch and near real-time data integration solutions.
• Implement reusable data processing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Support data quality controls, lineage, governance, and security compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to platform automation.

Skills

Advanced SQL development

Data Warehousing concepts

Programming

Python

PySpark

SQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure SQL / Synapse

Apache Spark / PySpark

Job description

MetLife Ireland, with hubs in Dublin and Galway, seeks a data engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of data pipelines using modern cloud technologies. You will collaborate with business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions and help advance our data platform.

The role emphasises Agile delivery, CI/CD, and governance, with exposure to Power BI and reporting, and opportunities to mentor engineers in a rapidly evolving environment.