Senior Cloud Data Engineer - API & Data Platform Lead

Volkswagen Financial Services (Poland); Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical package

Lunch card

Life insurance

Study funding

Job summary

Volkswagen Financial Services (Poland) is expanding its European Data & Analytics Hub in Warsaw. You will join the Vehicle Data API Team to develop a central API platform delivering vehicle data across the VWFS group.

The role focuses on cloud-native API development, data ingestion pipelines, and automated data quality controls, with collaboration across business and tech teams. English and Polish required, hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or backend development.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python.
• Experience designing and developing APIs and microservices architectures.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT or data processing pipelines.
• Good understanding of relational databases, data modeling, and schema design (MySQL is a plus).
• Experience working with AWS cloud services.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation practices (preferably Terraform).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, ECS, or EKS.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, version control, and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, preferably Datadog.
• Ability to work with structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data formats (e.g., JSON, Parquet).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to troubleshooting.
• Experience working in Agile environments and using tools such as Jira.
• Strong communication, documentation, and knowledge-sharing skills.
• Customer-oriented mindset and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Professional English and Polish language skills (C1 level).

Responsibilities

• Develop, operate, and continuously improve cloud-native APIs and microservices powering the Vehicle Data platform.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable data ingestion and processing pipelines.
• Implement and optimize automated data quality controls across multiple vehicle data sources.
• Ensure high availability, stability, and performance of production services.
• Troubleshoot incidents, resolve technical issues, and support operational processes such as Incident, Problem, and Service Request Management.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to design efficient data-driven solutions.
• Contribute to the evolution of the platform architecture, engineering standards, and best practices.
• Support CI/CD automation, monitoring, and observability of the platform.
• Drive continuous improvements in agile ways of working and engineering processes.
• Participate in an on-call rotation when required (up to 12 days per year).

Skills

Python

API design

Data pipelines

Cloud computing

CI/CD

Jira

Datadog

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes (ECS/EKS)

AWS

Job description

Volkswagen Financial Services (Poland) is expanding its European Data & Analytics Hub in Warsaw. You will join the Vehicle Data API Team to develop a central API platform delivering vehicle data across the VWFS group.

The role focuses on cloud-native API development, data ingestion pipelines, and automated data quality controls, with collaboration across business and tech teams. English and Polish required, hybrid work model.