Staff Data Engineer - Databricks Expert (Remote)

Jobgether; Portugal; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

International collaboration

Career growth

Continuous learning

Job summary

Jobgether, listing on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Staff Data Engineer in Portugal to lead the design and development of scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms, with a strong Databricks focus and cloud-native technologies.

You will mentor engineers, champion data governance, and drive AI-driven data capabilities while collaborating with product, analytics, and engineering leaders to define scalable data roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional data/software engineering experience.
• Expert SQL and Python skills; Scala/Java a plus.
• Experience with Databricks and cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Azure Synapse, BigQuery, Redshift).
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, data modeling, and ETL/ELT.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data initiatives and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive technical architecture for cross-functional data initiatives.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines with Databricks and cloud tech.
• Lead MDM initiatives including golden records, entity resolution, and hierarchies.
• Architect AI/LLM-powered solutions and RAG pipelines for enterprise data platforms.
• Build data foundations for ML/AI, including feature stores and ML pipelines.
• Develop backend data services and REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Promote data governance, quality, testing, observability, and CI/CD.
• Lead design reviews and influence engineering decisions across teams.
• Collaborate with product/analytics/engineering to define scalable data roadmaps.

Skills

SQL

Python

Scala/Java (nice to have)

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/MIS or related

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure/AWS/GCP

GraphQL/REST APIs

LangChain / RAG tools

Job description

Jobgether, listing on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Staff Data Engineer in Portugal to lead the design and development of scalable, enterprise-grade data platforms, with a strong Databricks focus and cloud-native technologies.

You will mentor engineers, champion data governance, and drive AI-driven data capabilities while collaborating with product, analytics, and engineering leaders to define scalable data roadmaps.