Senior Data Engineer

At Ocado Technology, we craft products tailored to meet the unique needs of our partners worldwide. From e-commerce software and automated warehouse solutions to robotics and optimized delivery, we're reshaping the online grocery space and beyond through innovation. 

In Poland, we are a local team of technologists with a global scale. In the hearts of Wrocław and Kraków, we have gathered over 700 tech wizards - and let them do their magic.

ABOUT STREAM / DEPARTMENT: WHERE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

The Data Platform team is responsible for foundational tooling that supports scalable, secure, and efficient data workflows. Building on top of the Data Intelligence Platform, developed by EngProd, their work enables consistent environment management, reliable pipeline orchestration, and supports the broad adoption of industry-standard tools for data transformation and quality monitoring. The team will also be responsible for capabilities that accelerate the path to production for data products and enable more effective and secure data sharing with partners—helping Ocado Technology meet partner data, analytics, and machine learning needs, and supporting decision making to drive partner growth.

TECH STACK: THE TOOLS WE USE

ROLE ITSELF: WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data practitioners, platform engineers, and partner teams, to gather requirements and deliver high-quality, reliable platform features that support diverse data workflows. Understanding stakeholder needs, to ensure the platform delivers real value and accelerates their work.
• Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure data platform components across the full technology stack, with a focus on pipeline orchestration, data transformation, and infrastructure automation. Take ownership of key components within the data platform, driving design decisions, roadmap contributions, and continuous improvements.
• Contribute to code reviews, testing, deployment, and operational support processes to ensure the stability and maintainability of platform services and tooling.
• Stay current with industry trends in data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and platform tooling, and bring new ideas and technologies into the team where appropriate.
• Act as a platform advocate, partnering with product and engineering teams to ensure adoption and effective use of platform services.
• Support community and team growth through mentoring, documentation, recruitment activities, knowledge sharing, and participation in working groups — contributing to Ocado Technology's high-performance engineering culture.

Key skills and experience:

• A proven track record of delivering scalable, reliable data engineering solutions using modern cloud-native tools and workflows (e.g. dbt, Airflow, Terraform).
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills, with the ability to work across engineering, product, and data functions.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset with a deep appreciation for maintainability, security, and operational excellence in platform engineering.
• Experience building or supporting shared data infrastructure components (e.g. orchestration frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, or infrastructure as code)
• Experience mentoring other engineers or leading technical initiatives in a platform or data engineering context.

What will make you stand out:

• Familiarity with dbt, Airflow, BigQuery, and Terraform
• Experience with GCP infrastructure and operations
• Exposure to Validio or similar data quality tooling

BENEFITS: WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work and life should fit together, so we offer a range of benefits focusing on well-being, development, and team spirit. The final package will depend on the contract type we agree on.

• Standard benefits: life insurance, private health care [Luxmed], Multisport card, lunch vouchers, company share programs, and assistance for everyday worries and serious health problems.
• Learning opportunities: access to the Learnebly platform and LinkedIn Learning, English classes, and a book library, 
• Parental support: additional +10 days maternity / +20 days paternity leave, funding for nurseries and kindergartens
• Hybrid model: 2 days/week in the office and flexibility to work from almost any location for up to 30 days a year.
• Office perks: centrally located offices with car and cycling parking, and home office equipment provided.
• Career growth: a clear career path with opportunities to rotate between projects, teams, domains and roles under the guidance of highly skilled senior colleagues 
• High engineering culture: unique software engineering culture with a high level of test coverage and agile environment [read about our tech stack and engineering
  practices across Ocado Technology]
• Speaker community: public speaking training and support for preparing presentations at conferences or meetups, including our own Ocado Technology Meetups
• Passions groups: running, cycling and more 
• Annual celebrations: carnival, summer parties, family picnics, or kid’s days.

At Ocado Technology, we're always exploring, learning, and implementing new initiatives, and we're eager to share stories, insights, and experiences with you. Meet our team members during meetups [Watch recordings here]

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