Industrial Data Engineer & Scientific Developer

Fondazione Start Attractor; Toscana; Hybrid; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Fondazione Start Attractor is seeking a Scientific Developer – Data Engineer to advance digitalization in the paper-making industry, focusing on tissue and hygiene products. You will design and maintain data pipelines, support data platforms, and collaborate with partners to enable analytics and AI use cases.

Located in Italy’s Tuscany region, this role balances on-site collaboration at industry premises with activities at Start Attractor, contributing to pilot trials, data governance, and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering or related STEM disciplines.
• 3–5 years of experience in similar roles.
• cloud, data engineering or Big Data certifications are a plus.
• international experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration from various sources.
• Contribute to data platform evolution, governance, and AI/agentic use cases.
• Collaborate with IT, vendors, and analysts to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Draft technical documentation and data storytelling; support pilot trials and experiments.
• Maintain data quality, lineage, and monitoring.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

ETL/ELT design

Data governance

Analytical thinking

English communication

Italian language

Education

Master’s degree (or PhD preferred) in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering or related STEM disciplines

Tools

Spark

Databricks

Delta Lake

Parquet

Airflow

Git

CI/CD

dbt

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Fondazione Start Attractor is seeking a Scientific Developer – Data Engineer to advance digitalization in the paper-making industry, focusing on tissue and hygiene products. You will design and maintain data pipelines, support data platforms, and collaborate with partners to enable analytics and AI use cases.

Located in Italy’s Tuscany region, this role balances on-site collaboration at industry premises with activities at Start Attractor, contributing to pilot trials, data governance, and