Staff Data Engineer & Tech Lead: AI-Driven Data Platform

WeRoad S.r.l.; Terni; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

performance-based bonus

free WeRoad trip every year with many 

trust-based holidays

opportunities to learn and grow

meal vouchers where applicable (8/day)

Job summary

WeRoad S.r.l. is seeking a Staff/Lead Data Engineer to lead a small senior team and advance our data platform from solid foundations to best-in-class.

You will own data architecture (BigQuery, dbt, semantic layer), ingestion and orchestration (Airflow, dlt), and self-serve BI tools, while guiding governance and AI-driven data practices across multiple markets. Join a fast-growing travel platform with a remote-first setup, mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver a data

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data engineering / analytics engineering in fast-growing product companies.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineers in a small, senior team.
• Strong SQL and hands-on expertise with dbt, modern ELT/ingestion (dlt or similar), and Airflow.
• Experience with BI and dashboarding (Tableau, Metabase, Lightdash) and building a semantic/metrics layer.
• Proven data governance experience (quality, lineage, documentation, PII and access management, self-service).
• Demonstrable use of AI in engineering and data pipelines and driving adoption.
• Excellent communication skills; fluent English; comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-market, remote-first environment.
• Collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• BigQuery / GCP experience.
• dbt knowledge.
• Airflow and data orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small data engineering team (1–2 engineers), owning delivery and career development.
• Evolve WeRoad's data architecture: BigQuery warehouse, dbt transformation, and semantic layer for metrics.
• Own ingestion and orchestration stack (Airflow, dlt) and ensure reliable, observable pipelines.
• Oversee self-service BI and reporting toolkit (Tableau, Metabase, Lightdash) and enable stakeholder data exploration.
• Establish and maintain data governance (quality, lineage, documentation, PII and access controls).
• Drive AI across the team, including AI-assisted engineering and AI data pipelines.
• Collaborate with Director of Data Engineering & AI, Data & BI, Product, and stakeholders to translate priorities into a data roadmap.

Skills

BigQuery

SQL

dbt

Airflow

ELT

dlt

BI tools

Tableau

Metabase

Lightdash

Data governance

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

English fluent

AI in data

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

BigQuery

dbt

Airflow

Tableau

Metabase

Lightdash

Job description

WeRoad S.r.l. is seeking a Staff/Lead Data Engineer to lead a small senior team and advance our data platform from solid foundations to best-in-class.

You will own data architecture (BigQuery, dbt, semantic layer), ingestion and orchestration (Airflow, dlt), and self-serve BI tools, while guiding governance and AI-driven data practices across multiple markets. Join a fast-growing travel platform with a remote-first setup, mentoring engineers and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver a data