Cloud Data Engineer: Pipelines & Platform Enablement

Capgemini Engineering; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Hybrid work

Referral program

Career growth programs

Training and certifications

International projects

Great office locations

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a data engineering lead to drive the implementation backlog, optimise data pipelines on cloud platforms, and prepare solutions for industrialisation. The role requires coordinating with the Data Platform team, translating architecture decisions into concrete work packages, and coaching stakeholders for successful knowledge transfer.

The position involves a hybrid advisory + delivery approach with on-site presence in Geneva and opportunities to engage in

Qualifications

• Experience in data engineering on cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Experience in data pipeline implementation and optimisation.
• Understanding of data platform architecture to translate decisions into implementable work packages.
• Experience supporting migration-related implementations within a cloud migration strategy.
• Familiarity with lakehouse/medallion architecture built on Apache Iceberg and S3.
• Ability to contribute to standards, blueprints, and implementation sequencing.
• Client- and business-oriented with strong planning and organisation.
• Rigorous, process-focused with excellent communication.
• Willingness to operate in a hybrid advisory + delivery model with on-site Geneva.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation backlog and coordinate day-to-day engineering activities to stabilize the pilot components.
• Deliver hands-on completion and optimisation of data pipelines, translating architecture decisions into implementable work packages.
• Prepare the solution for industrialisation, reducing complexity and minimising duplicated processing.
• Coordinate with the internal Data Platform team and cloud orchestration to ensure practical integration.
• Coach internal stakeholders and provide technical handover and operational knowledge transfer.
• A delivery execution plan supporting pilot finalisation against the milestones.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

Data pipelines

Architecture translation

Cloud migration

Lakehouse architecture

Apache Iceberg

S3 tables

Stakeholder coaching

Hybrid delivery

Tools

Apache Iceberg

S3

Job description

Capgemini Engineering is seeking a data engineering lead to drive the implementation backlog, optimise data pipelines on cloud platforms, and prepare solutions for industrialisation. The role requires coordinating with the Data Platform team, translating architecture decisions into concrete work packages, and coaching stakeholders for successful knowledge transfer.

The position involves a hybrid advisory + delivery approach with on-site presence in Geneva and opportunities to engage in