Data Engineer – ELT Pipelines, AWS, Medallion, Remote

Mentor Talent Acquisition; Italy; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mentor Talent Acquisition is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable ELT pipelines powering analytics, reporting, and core product features. You will work with Python, SQL and AWS, shaping modern data architecture with a focus on quality and performance.

You’ll implement AWS workflows, contribute to the Medallion architecture, optimize transformations for cost efficiency and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet data needs. Remote-friendly with flexible options.

Qualifications

• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines in production environments.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with dimensional data modeling.
• Solid experience with AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, S3).
• Understanding of Medallion Architecture and data quality practices.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data (JSON, CSV, Parquet, APIs).
• Experience with Git and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable ELT pipelines.
• Implement and operate data workflows using AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, S3, Batch).
• Contribute to the evolution of our Data Platform architecture (Medallion).
• Ensure data quality, consistency and reliability across pipelines.
• Optimize data transformations for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with Backend and Frontend Engineers and Product to define data requirements.
• Monitor pipelines, troubleshoot issues and improve observability.
• Document data models, transformations and architecture decisions.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines in production environments.
• Solid experience with AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, S3).
• Understanding of Medallion Architecture.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with dimensional data modeling.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data (JSON, CSV, Parquet, APIs).
• Understanding of data validation and data quality practices.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD.

Skills

Python

SQL

AWS

Data pipelines

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Mentor Talent Acquisition is seeking a Data Engineer to design, build and maintain scalable ELT pipelines powering analytics, reporting, and core product features. You will work with Python, SQL and AWS, shaping modern data architecture with a focus on quality and performance.

You’ll implement AWS workflows, contribute to the Medallion architecture, optimize transformations for cost efficiency and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet data needs. Remote-friendly with flexible options.