Senior Data Engineer - Data Mesh & AI-Pipelines (Remote)

Safeguard Global; Portugal; Remote; EUR 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote first

Generous leave

2 paid charitable days off

Annual bonus scheme

International environment

Learning platforms

Job summary

Safeguard Global is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help build a cutting-edge data mesh platform that enables teams with scalable, reliable data and trusted APIs.

You will design end-to-end pipelines with dbt, Python, PySpark, and SQL, manage AWS data infrastructure, and mentor teammates while collaborating with product, analytics, and AI teams. This remote-first role is based in Portugal with base salaries starting at €75,000.

Qualifications

• H hands-on data engineering experience building scalable pipelines.
• Strong SQL, Python, and Spark skills for large-scale datasets.
• Experience with AWS data services (Glue, Athena, S3) and lakehouse concepts.
• Ability to translate business needs into data solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimize end-to-end data pipelines using dbt, Python, PySpark, Polars, and SQL.
• Operate and enhance our AWS data infrastructure (Glue, Athena, S3) and supporting tools.
• Design and evolve Iceberg tables with schema evolution, partitioning, and efficient storage.
• Drive data quality, observability, lineage, and monitoring across the data platform.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, engineers, and product teams to deliver clean datasets and APIs.

Skills

Data engineering

Communication

Mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

dbt

Python

SQL

PySpark

Polars

AWS Glue

AWS Athena

AWS S3

Iceberg

Job description

Safeguard Global is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to help build a cutting-edge data mesh platform that enables teams with scalable, reliable data and trusted APIs.

You will design end-to-end pipelines with dbt, Python, PySpark, and SQL, manage AWS data infrastructure, and mentor teammates while collaborating with product, analytics, and AI teams. This remote-first role is based in Portugal with base salaries starting at €75,000.