Senior Database Analytics Engineer - dbt & Spark Pipelines

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Group; Polska; On-site; PLN 396,000 - 616,000; Full time

Job summary

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Group is seeking a Database Analytics Engineer based in Brussels, Belgium. The role involves building scalable data transformation pipelines, optimising dbt projects, and ensuring data quality across teams.

You will collaborate with client IT teams on site and contribute to architecture and best practices. The candidate should have deep SQL, Spark, dbt Core, and modern data modelling experience, with English proficiency and strong CI/CD and Git practices.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering or relevant discipline, with long IT experience.
• Hands-on dbt Core for production analytics transformation projects.
• Experience in analytics engineering and modern data modelling with CI/CD practices.
• Experience developing PySpark transformations for large-scale data processing; Spark optimisation is a plus.
• Hands-on with Apache Iceberg including partition/schema evolution and time travel.
• Experience with Dagster for orchestrating dbt and Spark workloads.
• Knowledge of SAS-based ETL; migrating SAS workflows to dbt is a strong asset.
• Excellent SQL skills, complex transformations and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of Spark execution, partitioning and file layout optimisation.
• Data validation, reconciliation and testing for migration of legacy systems to dbt/PySpark.
• Version control and collaborative development practices (Git, code reviews, release management).
• Excellent command of the English language.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, reliable data transformation pipelines and workflows.
• Optimise the performance and execution times of dbt projects.
• Design, implement, and document data quality checks and control tests using dbt.
• Establish automated regression testing and validation procedures for pipeline quality.
• Promote best practices for maintaining dbt projects across the team.
• Analyse business requirements and translate docs into robust data pipelines.

Skills

dbt Core

PySpark

SQL

Data modelling

Spark

Dagster

Iceberg

Git

CI/CD

SAS ETL

Education

University degree in CS/IT/Systems Eng

Tools

dbt Core

Dagster

Iceberg

Spark

Git

Job description

EUROPEAN DYNAMICS Group is seeking a Database Analytics Engineer based in Brussels, Belgium. The role involves building scalable data transformation pipelines, optimising dbt projects, and ensuring data quality across teams.

You will collaborate with client IT teams on site and contribute to architecture and best practices. The candidate should have deep SQL, Spark, dbt Core, and modern data modelling experience, with English proficiency and strong CI/CD and Git practices.