Senior Data Engineer

Ignite Insurance Systems; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Ignite Insurance Systems in Kraków, Poland seeks a Lead Data Engineer to drive the architecture, evolution, and delivery of our AWS-native data platform that powers underwriting intelligence and AI-driven insights.

You will own the full data lifecycle—from ingestion to storage—working with Python pipelines, .NET services, Aurora PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and LangGraph-powered workflows, while mentoring engineers and shaping standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading architecture and delivery of data platforms.
• Senior individual contributor with leadership responsibilities.
• Experience with AWS-native data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define engineering standards and drive architectural decisions.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, platform, and AI teams.
• Build reliable, scalable data systems powering AI and data products.

Tools

AWS

Python

.NET

Aurora PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

LangGraph

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to lead the architecture, evolution, and delivery of our modern AWS-native data platform. This platform powers underwriting intelligence, GenAI-driven insights, and large-scale content processing, serving as the foundation for data products across the organization.

You will own the full data lifecycle—from ingestion and transformation to storage, retrieval, and AI consumption—working across Python-based processing pipelines, .NET services, Aurora PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and LangGraph-powered agentic workflows.

This is a senior individual contributor role with significant technical leadership responsibilities. You will define engineering standards, drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate closely with product, platform, and AI teams to build reliable, scalable, and high-performing data systems.