(Senior) Data Engineer (Kafka)

Aviva; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonus

Private medical care (ENEL-MED)

Cafeteria benefits (MultiSport)

Employee Shares Plan

Birthday extra day off

Volunteer time off

Wellbeing Leave

Job summary

Aviva in Poland is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and support scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines powering the enterprise ODS. You will work in a cloud-native AWS environment, delivering event-driven data solutions with Kafka/MSK, AWS Glue and Python-based services.

You will collaborate with technical leads, architects and domain teams to onboard new data domains using metadata-driven patterns and enterprise standards, ensuring data quality and reliability across

Qualifications

• Extensive data engineering experience in a data-centric environment.
• Proficiency with Kafka/MSK and event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on AWS services: AWS Glue, S3, ECS, Aurora/PostgreSQL.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and data modeling.
• Familiarity with JSON, Avro and schema-based integrations.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Experience with CDC technologies such as Debezium.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines using Kafka/MSK, AWS Glue, Python and PySpark.
• Design ingestion, transformation, validation and publishing processes.
• Deliver end-to-end ODS data flows integrating APIs, event streams and batch sources.
• Develop reusable frameworks, metadata-driven solutions and onboarding patterns.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, traceability and adherence to data models and standards.
• Write clean, testable code and participate in reviews and discussions.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging and operational excellence.
• Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Architects to deliver business outcomes.
• Contribute to technical documentation and onboarding activities.

Skills

Data Engineering

Kafka/MSK

AWS Glue

Python

PySpark

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data modelling

CI/CD

DevOps

Data quality

JSON/Avro

Debezium

Metadata-driven platforms

Financial services experience

Tools

Kafka/MSK

AWS Glue

S3

ECS

Aurora/PostgreSQL

Python

PySpark

JSON

Avro

Debezium

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Hi, we're glad you're here! We are hiring to our Aviva Services Excellence Centre! Take a look at our job description - maybe it suits you or one of your friends?

As a (Senior) Data Engineer you will be responsible for designing, building and supporting scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines that power the enterprise Operational Data Store (ODS). You will work within a cloud-native AWS environment, developing event-driven data solutions using Kafka (MSK), AWS Glue and Python-based engineering services.

You will collaborate closely with Technical Leads, Solution Architects, API Engineers and Domain Teams to onboard new data domains into the ODS platform using reusable, metadata-driven patterns and enterprise data standards. This role focuses on delivering high-quality, reliable and scalable data pipelines that enable trusted business data across the organisation.

What will you be doing?

• Building and maintaining scalable data pipelines using Kafka/MSK, AWS Glue, Python and PySpark.
• Designing and implementing ingestion, transformation, validation and publishing processes.
• Delivering end-to-end Operational Data Store (ODS) data flows integrating APIs, event streams and batch sources.
• Developing reusable frameworks, metadata-driven solutions and onboarding patterns across business domains.
• Ensuring data quality, integrity, traceability and adherence to enterprise data models and standards.
• Writing clean, testable and maintainable code while participating in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, logging and operational excellence initiatives.
• Identifying opportunities to improve platform performance, scalability and reliability.
• Collaborating with Product Owners, Architects, Domain SMEs and engineering teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Contributing to technical documentation, design artefacts and domain onboarding activities.

What we’re looking for?

• Strong experience in Data Engineering (Senior over 5 years, regular over 3 years).
• Experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including: AWS Glue, S3, ECS, MSK , Aurora/PostgreSQL
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Good understanding of data modelling concepts.
• Experience working with JSON, Avro and schema-based integrations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of data quality and data validation techniques.
• Experience with Apache Kafka/MSK.
• Experience with CDC technologies such as Debezium.
• Knowledge of metadata-driven data platforms.
• Experience working within Financial Services or Insurance organisations.

In Aviva Services Excellence Centre, we provide:

• Contract of employment
• Performance Bonus
• Private medical care (ENEL-MED)
• Cafeteria system of benefits (e.g. MultiSport card)
• Additional parent privileges:
• - baby leave – 6 weeks leave for second parent
• - shortened working time after parental leave
• Employer-funded group insurance
• Employee Shares Plan
• Extra day off for birthday
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Additional leave acquired over the years in the company (even 5 days more in a year)
• Wellbeing Leave - additional two weeks paid leave after 10 years of service
• Psychological support consultations
• Access to the e-learning platforms
• Internal employee referral program
• Hybrid working model from Poland with a few days in Warsaw office per month
• Attractive office location in Warsaw - Gdański Business Center
• Additional entitlements for people with disabilities - Work Without Barriers
• Work environment that promotes diversity - Diversity Charter

Aviva is for everyone!

We’ve been ranked the #1 Best Workplace in Poland and #5 for Women by Great Place to Work®! Join a place where you’re empowered to grow, thrive, and shine bright!

As a signatory to the Diversity Charter, Aviva applies a policy of equal treatment and creates a work environment that is friendly to people with disabilities. We do not require from candidates the date of birth, marital status and attached photos to your CV. We encourage all individuals regardless of gender to apply.

Most of our people are smart working – spending also time in our office - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We’re inclusive - we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.