Senior Data Engineer

Expleo; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical and dental insurance

Pension

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Expleo is seeking Senior Data Engineers to drive a large-scale data transformation programme. You will build, optimise and maintain data pipelines within a modern Databricks environment, delivering secure ETL pipelines and data products for analytics and AI use cases.

Ideal candidates will have strong Databricks experience, Python, SQL and cloud data platform skills, with a track record of delivering scalable data solutions in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Experience building ETL pipelines and orchestration frameworks.
• Experience delivering data solutions in Databricks.
• Experience with AI-assisted development in Databricks is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop, orchestrate, and maintain ETL pipelines in Databricks using medallion architecture.
• Create high‑quality Data Products for analytics and AI use cases.
• Collaborate with data analysts, architects, product owners and stakeholders in an Agile manner.
• Act as escalation point for data integration and transformation activities.
• Drive improvements in data quality, performance and reliability.
• Contribute to engineering standards and best practices.
• Support adoption of AI-assisted development approaches where appropriate.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews for production‑grade data solutions.

Skills

Databricks Data Eng

Python development

SQL & data modelling

Cloud data platforms

AWS experience

Problem solving

Data security/compliance

Tools

Databricks

Job description

Overview

Expleo is seeking Senior Data Engineers to support the delivery of a large-scale data transformation programme. The successful candidates will play a key role in building, optimising and maintaining data pipelines within a modern Databricks environment.

This role is ideal for experienced Data Engineers who enjoy working with large data sets, modern cloud technologies and scalable data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop, orchestrate, and maintain ETL pipelines and related objects within Databricks utilising medallion architecture structures.

• Create high-quality, performant, and secure Data Products for analytics and AI use cases, utilising the latest data technologies and practices.

• Collaborate with Data Analysts, Architects, Product Owners, and business stakeholders delivering in an Agie manner.

• Act as an escalation point in supporting data integration and transformation activities.

• Drive improvements in data quality, performance and reliability.

• Contribute to engineering standards and best practices.

• Support the adoption of AI-assisted development approaches where appropriate.

• Actively participate in design and architecture reviews, contributing pragmatically to ensure robust, production-grade data solutions are proposed.

Essential skills

• Strong Databricks Data Engineering experience. Databricks certification is highly advantageous.
• Experience developing ETL pipelines and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong Python development skills.
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms. AWS experience is an advantage.
• Strong SQL and data modelling knowledge.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work in highly regulated environments, handling sensitive data and working with security and other restricted operating practices to maintain data integrity.

Experience

• Proven Data Engineering experience within enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering data solutions using Databricks. Exposure to other platforms is highly advantageous.
• Experience working with large-scale data transformation initiatives.
• Experience with AI-assisted development within Databricks.

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.