Hybrid Data Engineer: Cloud, Lakehouse & ETL

Komodo Consulting; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Komodo Consulting, a technology and strategy firm, seeks a Data Engineer to work on a project for a Technology Company on a hybrid basis in Portugal. The role supports Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, or Braga with two office days per week.

You will design and maintain data pipelines, develop ETL/ELT processes, and collaborate with data analysts and scientists to deliver scalable data solutions while ensuring data quality, security, and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
• Experience with distributed processing (Spark or equivalents).
• Experience with at least one cloud data platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of data warehouses/lakehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
• Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Azure Data Factory, dbt).
• Knowledge of dimensional modelling and star schema.
• Familiarity with streaming (Kafka).
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and Docker is valued.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, both batch and streaming.
• Develop ETL/ELT processes to ingest, transform, and integrate data from multiple sources.
• Design and optimise data models for data warehouses, data lakes, or lakehouses.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability through validation and monitoring.
• Optimise the performance and cost of data processing and storage.
• Implement data governance, security, and access control practices.
• Automate data workflows and deployments using orchestration and CI/CD tools.
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business teams to deliver data solutions.
• Troubleshoot data issues, identify root causes, and propose solutions.
• Produce and maintain up-to-date technical documentation.

Skills

SQL

Python

English (B2)

Data modeling

ETL concepts

Tools

Spark

Cloud platforms

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Airflow

dbt

Docker

Job description

Komodo Consulting, a technology and strategy firm, seeks a Data Engineer to work on a project for a Technology Company on a hybrid basis in Portugal. The role supports Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, or Braga with two office days per week.

You will design and maintain data pipelines, develop ETL/ELT processes, and collaborate with data analysts and scientists to deliver scalable data solutions while ensuring data quality, security, and cost efficiency.