Senior Data Engineer

WIRE IT; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

22 days paid vacation

4 extra days annually

Meal Allowance on card

Referral Bonus

Discounts and flex options

Annual training budget

Team-oriented culture

Opportunity to grow internationally

Job summary

Wire IT in Porto is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and operate real-time data pipelines and microservices. You will work hybrid from Porto on production-grade data platforms using Apache Flink and Kafka, with AWS services such as MSK, Kinesis, Lambda and S3.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, mentor engineers and contribute to data quality, security and observability across systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering.
• Real-time streaming and distributed data processing expertise.
• Experience delivering production data products with Apache Flink/Kafka.
• Design/develop REST APIs, OpenAPI specs and microservices.
• Hands-on AWS data/cloud services: MSK, Kinesis, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3.
• Data quality frameworks, schema management and automated tests.
• CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Monitoring/observability with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Security, auth, data protection principles; production data services.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate real-time data pipelines.
• Lead technical discussions, code reviews and mentoring.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver scalable data platforms.
• Design and implement robust data schemas and quality checks.

Skills

Data engineering

Real-time streaming

Apache Flink

Apache Kafka

REST APIs

OpenAPI specifications

Microservices

AWS cloud services

MSK

Kinesis

Lambda

API Gateway

ECS/EKS

S3

Data quality & schema

Automated testing

CI/CD (GitLab CI)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Cloud monitoring (CloudWatch)

Observability

Grafana

Tools

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

AWS MSK

AWS Kinesis

AWS Lambda

AWS API Gateway

AWS ECS

AWS EKS

Grafana

CloudWatch

Job description

Based in Portugal, Wire IT is your specialized IT consulting partner with 18 years of experience driven by an experienced and senior team that helps clients make the right decisions in a fast-moving market.

Wire IT's ambition is to grow while keeping true to its nature: agile, people-centered, and fun. As we like to say: Its not only what we do, its how we manage that truly make the difference..

If you're looking for more than just a job - if you're looking for a place where you can truly make a difference - you might be the next person to join WIRE IT.

Role: Senior Data Engineer

Location: Hybrid, porto, Portugal

Required skills:

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with proven experience delivering real-time data products into production.
• Advanced hands-on experience with Apache Flink and Apache Kafka.
• Strong understanding of real-time streaming, event-driven architecture and distributed data processing.
• Proven experience designing and developing REST APIs, OpenAPI specifications and microservices.
• Strong practical experience with AWS data and cloud services, particularly MSK, Kinesis, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS and S3.
• Experience implementing data quality frameworks, schema management and automated testing.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI or GitHub Actions.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring, observability and performance optimisation tools, including CloudWatch, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Good understanding of cloud security, authentication, authorisation and data protection principles.
• Proven experience supporting and operating business-critical production data services.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.
• Previous experience providing technical leadership, conducting code reviews and mentoring engineers.

We offer:

• No-term full-time contract;
• Health Insurance;
• 22 days of paid vacation;
• 4 extra days annually (Carnival, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, Birthday);
• Meal Allowance on card (Coverflex);
• Referral Bonus;
• Special discounts and flex options;
• Training annual budget;
• A great team-oriented culture;
• Chance to become a part of a dynamically growing international company;
• Challenging projects giving the unique opportunity to grow and learn.

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