Senior Data Engineer – Data Platform & Analytics (M/F/D)
Senior Data Engineer at iCliGo (Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto) who designs and builds the company-wide data platform: ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines, lake/warehouse/lakehouse architecture, analytical data models, and BI dashboards (Power BI/Superset) to create a single source of truth for bookings, payments, operations, and marketing data.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or similar roles
- Relevant experience building or evolving data platforms
- Strong experience with SQL and NoSQL
- Experience using Python for data processing, transformation, and automation
- Experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines
- Experience with Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, or Lakehouse architectures
- Strong knowledge of data modelling for analytics
- Experience integrating data from different systems and formats
- Experience working with cloud platforms
- Experience with BI and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Apache Superset, Metabase, Looker, Tableau, or equivalent
- Knowledge of batch, near-real-time, and event-driven architectures
- Experience with version control, Git, and CI/CD practices
- Strong focus on data quality, reliability, and observability
- Ability to translate business needs into data models, metrics, and analytical solutions
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Autonomy, critical thinking, and ability to thrive in a growing technology environment
Full description
At iCliGo, we are building the next generation of our data platform to support business, product, operations, marketing, and technology decisions with reliable, integrated, and actionable information.
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer – Data Platform & Analytics to help us design and implement this data foundation, from data ingestion and transformation to the delivery of analytical models, KPIs, and dashboards.
The goal is not simply to build reports.
We want to build a company-wide data platform capable of consolidating information from our applications, bookings, suppliers, payments, operations, marketing, support, and other sources, creating a true single source of truth for iCliGo.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement the architecture of our data platform, including Data Lake, Data Warehouse, or Lakehouse solutions.
- Build and maintain data ingestion and transformation pipelines from multiple sources.
- Integrate data from relational and NoSQL databases, APIs, files, external systems, and event streams.
- Develop scalable, automated, and observable ETL/ELT processes.
- Build analytical data models designed for reporting, Business Intelligence, and advanced analytics.
- Define and implement dimensional models, fact tables, dimensions, and analytical datasets.
- Work closely with Product, Technology, Marketing, Finance, Operations, and other teams to define metrics and KPIs.
- Build the data layer required to power dashboards and reporting.
- Develop and support the creation of dashboards and analytical models using Power BI, Apache Superset, or equivalent tools.
- Ensure data quality, consistency, traceability, and integrity.
- Implement monitoring and validation mechanisms for pipelines and datasets.
- Establish best practices around Data Quality, Data Lineage, Data Governance, and Data Observability.
- Document data sources, models, transformations, metrics, and their lineage.
- Build a centralized and consistent metrics layer across different areas of the business.
- Support exploratory analysis and the identification of trends, issues, and opportunities.
- Prepare the data platform for future Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI use cases.
- Contribute to the definition and evolution of iCliGo's data strategy and architecture.