Data Solutions Architect (m/f/d)

Kuehne Nagel; Porto; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Mobile working arrangements

Supplementary health insurance

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel in Porto, Portugal, seeks a Data Solutions Architect to design scalable data architectures and optimize cloud-based data products. You will guide data processing, ensure governance, and align solutions with infrastructure best practices across teams.

Ideal candidates have senior data engineering or architecture experience in AWS, with a strong focus on data mesh, orchestration, and end-to-end data flows. Flexible hours and mobile working arrangements offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a senior data engineer or architect in AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with data pipelines and orchestration (batch, micro-batch, real‑time streaming).
• Experience with data mesh, event-driven architectures, and governance.

Responsibilities

• Architect data mesh solutions for data product teams.
• Provide onboarding and best-practice guidelines for modern data processing.
• Support data product teams from ideation to production integration.

Skills

Strong English communication

Self-driven and organized

Leadership/architecture discussions

Tools

Snowflake

Spark

Kafka

Dagster

dbt

AWS Glue

Terraform

Job description

It's more than a job

In this IT role, you will manage, develop, and support the technology infrastructure that powers Kuehne+Nagel’s global systems and operations. This contribution is vital to making both special and ordinary moments in the lives of people a reality. In fact, your work enables our teams to deliver fresh fruit, time-sensitive healthcare products and much more to people all around the world. Working in IT at Kuehne+Nagel contributes to more than we imagine.

As a Data Solutions Architect (m/f/d), you will empower data product teams by designing scalable, efficient, and future-proof data architectures. You will ensure cloud-based infrastructure is leveraged optimally across data products and systems, providing strategic guidance on data processing, cloud development, and data warehousing. You will play a key role in integrating solutions into the data mesh ecosystem, aligning them with infrastructure best practices and organizational needs.

How you create impact

• Act as a reference point for architecture definition and data product development in a data mesh setting, which also serves operational applications.
• Serve as a contact for data product teams, providing onboarding and best-practice guidelines for modern data processing.
• Support data product teams throughout their entire lifecycle – from ideation and specification to architectural design, prototyping, and production integration.

What we would like you to bring

• Proven experience as a senior data engineer or architect in AWS cloud environments, working within a DevOps culture.
• Skilled in designing scalable, maintainable end-to-end data flows (ingestion, transformation, storage, access, governance) and selecting the right tools/configurations.
• Hands‑on expertise with data pipelines and orchestration (batch, micro-batch, real‑time streaming) using Snowflake, Spark, Kafka, plus experience with stream processing engines (Spark Structured Streaming, Flink, or Kafka Streams); familiarity with Dagster/dbt and AWS Glue is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), DevOps practices, and code modularity/testing/deployment.
• Understanding of modern data architecture patterns (data mesh, event-driven, domain-driven design), metadata management, cataloguing, and governance.
• Able to design reusable, comprehensible technical solutions, lead architecture discussions, and document design decisions.
• Experience with synchronous/asynchronous API design and balancing consumer needs, source constraints, and business priorities.
• Excellent English communication skills, self-driven and organized, with a collaborative team player approach.

What's in it for you

You will have a direct influence on the future of logistics and IT. Your colleagues are experts who shape the IT industry in Portugal and worldwide. We want you to feel comfortable in your working surroundings. Therefore, we are offering you flexible working hours and mobile working arrangements. We value teamwork, continuous learning, and diversity. Kuehne+Nagel offers you a custom-made career – through individual planning and supervisors who support and advise you in every way. You get supported by many work‑life balance offerings and supplementary health insurance.

Who we are

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life‑saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: [e-mail] with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.