Senior Data Engineer, Platform & Pipelines (Hybrid, Kraków)

Ocado Group; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work (2 days in office)

Private health care

Multisport card

Lunch vouchers

Company share programs

Learning opportunities

Career growth

Office parking & home office setup

Job summary

Ocado Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for the Data Engineering Platform in Krakow. You will build and operate core data pipelines, APIs, and services powering analytics across Ocado Smart Platform and OMRS.

The role involves IaC work, platform modernization, and cloud efficiency within a hybrid working setup. You will collaborate across Ocado Group's distributed teams, driving reliable data capabilities and scalable interfaces for stakeholders, with a strong focus on Python, Airflow, and

Qualifications

• Solid software engineering experience in Python.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, or similar like Ansible/CloudFormation).
• Strong grasp of core DevOps practices, including source control workflows, CI/CD, and deployment strategy design.
• Comfort working across the stack, moving between application code, pipelines, and infrastructure.
• Pragmatic, ownership-minded approach with the ability to tackle ambiguous problems and adapt to shifting priorities.
• Fluent written and spoken English with hands-on exposure to Python, TypeScript, Terraform, GCP, BigQuery, Airflow, CI/CD, and PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Build, run, and improve data pipelines, backend services, and APIs powering analytics and reporting.
• Write and evolve Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu) for cloud environments.
• Modernise the platform by untangling technical debt and tuning Airflow/Composer (right-sizing pools, setting K8s resource requests, and optimising DAGs).
• Improve platform efficiency and cloud infrastructure costs by identifying wasteful queries, idle resources, and optimising BigQuery usage.
• Participate in monitoring, alerting, and incident response to maintain system health and customer trust.
• Maintain and enhance the reliability and performance of a live, customer-facing slot-availability application.
• Collaborate closely with distributed engineering teams and key stakeholders across Ocado Group.

Skills

Python

Terraform

GCP

BigQuery

Airflow

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

English

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

BigQuery

Docker

Airflow

Job description

Ocado Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for the Data Engineering Platform in Krakow. You will build and operate core data pipelines, APIs, and services powering analytics across Ocado Smart Platform and OMRS.

The role involves IaC work, platform modernization, and cloud efficiency within a hybrid working setup. You will collaborate across Ocado Group's distributed teams, driving reliable data capabilities and scalable interfaces for stakeholders, with a strong focus on Python, Airflow, and