Senior Data Engineer (Contract) – AI-Driven Data Platform

Parking; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 76,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve its modern data platform with a focus on Snowflake, Fivetran, and dbt. You will architect scalable pipelines, data models, and trusted data products to power analytics, AI, and operational use cases across the organisation.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Analysts, AI Engineers, and stakeholders to ensure data is accurate, secure, and readily available, while mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL skills for large datasets and analytics.
• Hands-on experience with ELT/ETL pipelines in production.
• Experience with data ingestion tools like Fivetran and API-based integration.
• dbt for transformation, testing, and dimensional modelling.
• Knowledge of cloud data services (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Ability to design batch, event-driven, and near real-time data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines using ELT tools and APIs.
• Lead integration of new data sources into Snowflake with reusable patterns.
• Develop ETL/ELT processes for large-scale analytics and AI workloads.
• Define ingestion patterns: incremental, CDC, full refresh, near real-time.
• Design and operate reverse ETL pipelines for trusted data in operational systems.
• Drive platform reliability, observability, and cost optimisation.
• Create and maintain dbt-based transformation frameworks and dimensional models.
• Maintain data governance, lineage tracking, and data quality frameworks.
• MentorAssociate and Mid-Level Data Engineers through code reviews and coaching.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Skills

Snowflake/Data platform

SQL

Fivetran

dbt

ETL/ELT pipelines

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Mentoring engineers

Tools

dbt

Fivetran

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and evolve its modern data platform with a focus on Snowflake, Fivetran, and dbt. You will architect scalable pipelines, data models, and trusted data products to power analytics, AI, and operational use cases across the organisation.

You will collaborate with Data Engineers, Analysts, AI Engineers, and stakeholders to ensure data is accurate, secure, and readily available, while mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions