Lead Data Engineer - Hybrid (GCP, BigQuery, DBT)

Client Server Limited; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 355,000 - 426,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Diversity networks with budget

Social events

Job summary

Client Server Limited is seeking a senior Data Engineer / Team Lead in Krakow to own and deliver data pipelines on GCP (BigQuery) and DBT, while mentoring a squad of data engineers. You will drive data quality, governance, and observability across batch and real-time workloads.

You’ll combine technical leadership with people management, coaching, and a focus on engineering excellence in a regulated financial services context. Hybrid work from Krakow office with home days.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or mentoring data engineers
• Strong SQL and Python skills
• Hands-on data pipelines on GCP with BigQuery
• Experience with Kafka or similar streaming technologies
• Familiar with DBT and Medallion architecture
• Knowledge of data governance, lineage and access controls
• Fluent English

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of data pipelines and platform capabilities within the GCP consolidation programme
• Coaching and developing a Squad of Data Engineers
• Ensure data quality, observability and SLA monitoring across ingestion and transformation layers
• Embed data contracts and governance across Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold)
• Collaborate with stakeholders in a regulated financial services environment

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring data engineers

Data governance

English fluency

Tools

BigQuery

DBT

Kafka

Python

SQL

Job description

Client Server Limited is seeking a senior Data Engineer / Team Lead in Krakow to own and deliver data pipelines on GCP (BigQuery) and DBT, while mentoring a squad of data engineers. You will drive data quality, governance, and observability across batch and real-time workloads.

You’ll combine technical leadership with people management, coaching, and a focus on engineering excellence in a regulated financial services context. Hybrid work from Krakow office with home days.