Senior Azure Data Engineer

Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Xebia is a global AI-first engineering partner seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Poland to design, build, and operate scalable data pipelines for reporting and analytics. You will work with Data, Architecture, Product, and Engineering teams to translate needs into robust data solutions.

The role requires 8+ years in Data Engineering, advanced SQL and Python, and hands-on Azure and Databricks experience. You’ll own production-grade pipelines, ensure reliability, and contribute to Data Platform

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional Data Engineering experience with production pipelines.
• Strong SQL and Python skills for data processing and analytics.
• Hands-on Azure and Databricks experience in data platforms and pipelines.
• Experience with modern data-platform and lakehouse concepts.
• Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and monitoring practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy scalable data pipelines for reporting and analytics.
• Create production-ready pipelines for priority reporting use cases.
• Review and refactor pipelines for reliability, performance, and observability.
• Maintain pipelines to ensure daily data delivery.
• Collaborate with Data, Architecture, Product, and Engineering teams to translate needs into robust solutions.
• Onboard Core Products data workloads onto the Data Platform.
• Ensure pipelines align with architecture, governance, security, and standards.
• Ensure compliance with data modelling, code quality, testing, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Own SRE practices for data pipelines and products.
• Diagnose data incidents, identify root causes, and implement fixes.
• Document data flows, dependencies, and operating procedures.
• Provide clear documentation and handover ownership.
• Share engineering practices with the Core Products data team.

Skills

Azure

Databricks

SQL

Python

DataOps

SRE

Data modelling

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Azure Databricks

Job description

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions.

We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.

In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, UPS, Tesco, Truecaller, AllSaints, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, Allegro, InPost, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing.

You will be:

• designing, building, testing, and deploying scalable data pipelines for reporting and analytics use cases,
• creating new, production‑ready pipelines supporting priority reporting use cases,
• reviewing existing reporting pipelines and refactoring them to improve reliability, performance, maintainability, and observability,
• maintaining new and existing pipelines to ensure data assets are reliably delivered on a daily basis,
• working with Data professionals, Data Architects, Product Managers, and Engineering Managers to translate reporting needs into robust technical solutions,
• contributing hands‑on to the onboarding of Core Products data workloads onto the Data Platform,
• ensuring pipelines are aligned with the architecture, governance, security, and engineering standards of the Data Platform,
• ensuring compliance with platform standards for data modelling, code quality, testing, CI/CD, documentation, security, and monitoring,
• owning SRE practices for data pipelines and products,
• diagnosing data incidents and pipeline failures, identifying root causes, and implementing durable corrective actions,
• documenting data flows, dependencies, transformation logic, and operating procedures,
• ensuring clear documentation, monitoring, and operational ownership to support maintainability and reliable handover,
• sharing knowledge and engineering practices with the Core Products data team and contributing to its long‑term autonomy.

Your profile:

• at least 8 years of professional experience in Data Engineering, including ownership of production‑grade data pipelines,
• strong, demonstrable hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure and Databricks,
• advanced SQL and Python skills,
• strong experience designing, building, and operating data pipelines and analytical data products,
• a good command of modern data‑platform and lakehouse principles, including medallion architecture and dimensional modelling for reporting,
• experience with software engineering and DataOps practices, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and incident management,
• experience with SRE practices and continuous operational improvements,
• strong stakeholder communication skills and the ability to collaborate across Data, Architecture, Product, and Engineering teams,
• data modelling skills and the ability to develop a holistic view of different data scopes and business objectives before making build decisions,
• being able to work autonomously, make sound technical decisions, and document them clearly.

Nice to have:

• experience with data governance, lineage, and access‑control practices in Databricks, including Unity Catalog,
• experience with payment or transaction data,
• experience working in distributed international teams.

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision