Remote Data Engineer: BigQuery, Kafka & Pipelines

Softwaremind; Polska; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote cooperation

International projects

Travel for international projects

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Multisport card

Language classes

Knowledge-sharing initiatives

Job summary

SoftwareMind is seeking a data-focused engineer to contribute to a gaming-industry project. You will build, maintain, and optimize data pipelines on GCP, implement transformations with SQL and dbt on BigQuery, and work with Kafka and Apache NiFi for streaming ingestion.

Collaborate across teams to design scalable data solutions, participate in architecture discussions, and help shape the data platform. The role involves GitLab, Jira, and AI-assisted tools in a cross-functional, international

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 proficiency

BigQuery

Kafka

NiFi

GCP

GitLab

Jira

AI tools

Tools

dbt

Claude

Antigravity

Job description

SoftwareMind is seeking a data-focused engineer to contribute to a gaming-industry project. You will build, maintain, and optimize data pipelines on GCP, implement transformations with SQL and dbt on BigQuery, and work with Kafka and Apache NiFi for streaming ingestion.

Collaborate across teams to design scalable data solutions, participate in architecture discussions, and help shape the data platform. The role involves GitLab, Jira, and AI-assisted tools in a cross-functional, international