Senior Data Engineer (AWS) – Real-Time Data Platform, Porto

Randstad Portugal; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Portugal is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to architect and scale real-time data products on the Group Data Platform in Porto. You will own the full lifecycle from stream ingestion to API exposure in production environments.

Hybrid in Porto with a focus on building reliable data pipelines, enforcing quality and security, mentoring junior engineers, and shaping engineering standards. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in Flink, Kafka, AWS, OpenAPI, CI/CD, observability tools,

Qualifications

• Strong experience with real-time streaming data pipelines.
• Proficient in building data products on cloud platforms.
• Fluent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain real-time streaming and batch data products.
• Enforce data quality, schemas, security, and observability standards.
• Define engineering standards and mentor junior/mid-level engineers.

Skills

Apache Flink

Apache Kafka

AWS

REST APIs/Microservices

CI/CD

IAM/Cloud Security

Observability

Advanced English

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Randstad Portugal is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to architect and scale real-time data products on the Group Data Platform in Porto. You will own the full lifecycle from stream ingestion to API exposure in production environments.

Hybrid in Porto with a focus on building reliable data pipelines, enforcing quality and security, mentoring junior engineers, and shaping engineering standards. The ideal candidate brings strong expertise in Flink, Kafka, AWS, OpenAPI, CI/CD, observability tools,