Data Engineer

IRIUM Portugal; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remuneration

Health insurance

Self-paced tech training

Job summary

IRIUM Portugal is seeking a Data Engineer to join our team in Lisbon. You will design, build and maintain production-grade data pipelines for analytics, reporting and AI applications, leveraging cloud-native data engineering with Azure and Snowflake.

You will translate business and AI requirements into robust data models, ensure data quality and governance, and collaborate with Data Scientists and IT teams.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, data modelling and ETL/ELT development.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines for analytics, reporting and AI applications.
• Experience with cloud-native data engineering, ideally using Microsoft Azure.
• Practical experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data platforms.
• Ability to develop reliable, reusable and well-documented enterprise data products.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain production-grade data pipelines for analytics and AI.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, AI Engineers and business stakeholders to translate requirements into data models and pipelines.
• Ensure data quality, observability, governance and security across data products.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data modelling

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Azure

Snowflake

Data quality

Data governance

Observability

Security

Data orchestration

AI requirements translation

Collaboration with Data Scientists

GitHub Copilot familiarity

Analytical skills

Tools

Azure

Snowflake

AWS

GitHub Copilot

Job description

At IRIUM, we want you to always pursue your dreams! Here, get ready to achieve your goals while enjoying the journey.

We are currently looking for a Data Engineer to join our team!

Required Competencies

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, data modelling and ETL/ELT development
• Experience designing, building and maintaining production-grade data pipelines for analytics, reporting and AI applications
• Experience with cloud-native data engineering, ideally using Microsoft Azure
• Practical experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data platforms
• Ability to develop reliable, reusable and well-documented enterprise data products
• Experience implementing data quality checks, validation, monitoring and reliability controls
• Understanding of data orchestration, observability, metadata, lineage and data governance
• Experience integrating data from enterprise applications, APIs, files and cloud services
• Knowledge of data protection, access management and security requirements
• Ability to translate business and AI requirements into data models, pipelines and serving layers
• Experience collaborating with Data Scientists, AI Engineers, business stakeholders and IT teams
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or OpenCode
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Competencies

• Practical experience with AWS data services
• Knowledge of Apache Iceberg, AWS Glue, Apache Spark or Databricks
• Experience working with logistics, customer, sales or operational data
• Exposure to AI feature stores, vector databases, retrieval pipelines or data preparation for Generative AI
• Knowledge of cloud coding and AI agent engineering practices

Work Model: Hybrid — Lisbon, Portugal.

Gross Monthly Salary: 2.800€ - 3.200€.

Note: The remuneration package and its components will be explained during the recruitment process.

What Do We Offer?

• An innovative and growing company with numerous opportunities for professional development
• Compensation aligned with your experience and performance, access to flexible remuneration and health insurance as a social benefit
• Unlimited access to self-paced technology training

IRIUM is a company made up of dynamic and proactive professionals. Our values are responsibility and commitment to quality work. This is the spirit we seek at IRIUM, regardless of your age.

If you identify with these values, this is the company for you!

Together, we can build the future. Shall we talk?

At IRIUM, we advocate for a world without stereotypes or limitations and believe in equality for everyone. These principles are reflected in our Equality Plan and Code of Ethics, ensuring equal treatment and opportunities regardless of personal, physical or social circumstances.