Lead Data Platform Engineer for AI-Driven Pipelines

United States Digital Space LLC; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International projects

In-office, hybrid, or remote

Medical healthcare

Recognition program

Ongoing learning & reimbursement

Well-being program

Team events & local benefits

Sports compensation

Referral bonuses

Top-tier equipment provision

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Ireland is seeking a hands-on data engineer/backend engineer to join our AI-first engineering team. You will review data sources, build pipelines, and help architect integrations across cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes data readiness, risk assessment, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions for enterprise partners. Strong communication of risks is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on data engineering or backend engineering background.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, data pipelines, APIs, cloud data services, and enterprise integrations.
• Working knowledge of Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, AWS, or comparable platforms.
• Ability to assess data readiness and implementation feasibility.
• Experience supporting architecture and discovery phases.
• Ability to communicate technical risks clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review data sources, access patterns, interfaces, and integration options.
• Assess data availability, quality, completeness, and readiness for prioritized use cases.
• Identify ingestion, ETL/ELT, API, and system integration requirements.
• Validate whether proposed AI, automation, and reporting use cases are technically feasible.
• Identify implementation risks, blockers, dependencies, and assumptions.
• Support platform recommendation with implementation-level input.
• Provide rough sizing for Phase 2 build activities.
• Help distinguish what can be piloted quickly versus what requires deeper platform work.
• Support technical documentation for final recommendations.

Skills

Data engineering

Backend engineering

ETL/ELT

APIs

Cloud data services

Azure

Databricks

AWS

Enterprise integrations

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

AWS

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Ireland is seeking a hands-on data engineer/backend engineer to join our AI-first engineering team. You will review data sources, build pipelines, and help architect integrations across cloud platforms.

The role emphasizes data readiness, risk assessment, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions for enterprise partners. Strong communication of risks is essential.