Remote Data Engineer – BigQuery, dbt & Kafka

Software Mind; Województwo mazowieckie; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Multisport card

Language classes

Knowledge-sharing initiatives

Travel for international projects

Job summary

Software Mind invites a data engineer to join a client project in the gaming domain. You will build, maintain data pipelines on GCP, write SQL/dbt transformations on BigQuery, and collaborate with a cross-functional team across developers, PO and stakeholders.

You’ll work with Kafka, NiFi, and AI-assisted tools like Claude or Antigravity, participate in architecture discussions, and help ensure scalable, secure data solutions while keeping production workflows reliable.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with ETL/ELT workflows and building data pipelines.
• Strong SQL and experience with dbt or another SQL‑based transformation tool.
• Experience with BigQuery or a similar cloud data warehouse.
• Experience with Kafka and with ingestion tools such as Apache NiFi.
• Knowledge of GCP or another cloud platform.
• Practical understanding of tool setup, pipeline operations and running production data workflows.
• Comfortable working with GitLab and Jira, and interest in using AI tools in development.
• English that allows smooth communication in the team, plus ownership of your work, a proactive attitude and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve data pipelines and ingestion processes on GCP.
• Develop data transformations in SQL and dbt on BigQuery, and work with streaming and ingestion tools such as Kafka and Apache NiFi.
• Support pipeline operations and tooling setup across the whole development lifecycle, including production data workflows.
• Design scalable, reliable and maintainable data solutions together with teammates and the client’s stakeholders.
• Take part in architecture discussions and propose improvements on your own initiative.
• Use GitLab, Jira and AI-assisted development tools such as Claude or Antigravity in daily work.
• Work day to day with the client’s Senior Product Owner and Lead Data Developer as part of a mixed client and Software Mind team.

Skills

ETL/ELT workflows

SQL

dbt

BigQuery

Kafka

NiFi

GCP

GitLab

Jira

AI tools

English communication

Tools

Power BI

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Apache Airflow

Claude

Antigravity

Job description

Software Mind invites a data engineer to join a client project in the gaming domain. You will build, maintain data pipelines on GCP, write SQL/dbt transformations on BigQuery, and collaborate with a cross-functional team across developers, PO and stakeholders.

You’ll work with Kafka, NiFi, and AI-assisted tools like Claude or Antigravity, participate in architecture discussions, and help ensure scalable, secure data solutions while keeping production workflows reliable.