Senior Data Engineer

At IT Labs, we're passionate about innovation, collaboration, and delivering exceptional solutions, and we’re on the lookout for a Senior Data Engineer who shares this passion.

We value professionals who excel at building scalable, high-performance data systems and pipelines, have a deep understanding of data engineering principles, and can enable seamless data integration and transformation to power critical business insights. A Senior Data Engineer at IT Labs thrives in crafting reliable solutions for complex challenges, understands the importance of data-driven decision-making, and is always eager to learn, adapt, and lead by example.

If you are someone who thrives on solving complex data challenges, enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams, and is driven to create impactful solutions, we’d love for you to join our team and help us unlock the full potential of data!

Requirements

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to process structured and unstructured data,
• Implement robust workflows for batch and real-time data processing using modern frameworks and tools,
• Develop and optimize data architectures, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability,
• Design data integration strategies to consolidate data from multiple sources into a centralized repository,
• Build and manage data warehouses or data lakes, optimizing them for analytics and reporting needs,
• Develop and maintain data models, schemas, and documentation to support business intelligence and data science teams,
• Implement processes to monitor and ensure data quality, integrity, and accuracy,
• Continuously monitor, debug, and optimize data pipelines and storage solutions for efficiency and reliability,
• Stay updated on emerging trends and technologies in data engineering,
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities,
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders,
• A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement,

Technical skills:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in a Data Engineering role with demonstrated expertise in building and managing scalable data pipelines, architectures, and systems,
• Expertise in programming languages such as Python, R,
• Advanced SQL skills, including query optimization and performance tuning,
• Proficiency in big data frameworks such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Kafka,
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra),
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehouses like Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery,
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, including services like S3, Lambda, EMR, or Databricks,
• Proficiency with Git for version control and knowledge of CI/CD pipelines for deploying data solutions,
• Familiarity with monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or similar to track data pipeline performance

Benefits

• Choose your contract: Contract or B2B,
• Unlimited working-from-anywhere policy,
• 10 Days PTO after 4 months of working in IT Labs,
• Referral Bonuses,
• Working on international projects,
• Virtual Knowledge Sharing Sessions, Events and team hangouts.

Our values

We are a company that seeks the best for both our employees and clients, reaching beyond expectations in turning dreams into reality. Our way of working is rooted in our core values (Integrity, Excellence, Proactivity, Innovation, and People), with an expectation that our future colleagues will make these their second nature in their everyday work and life. We don’t ask for perfection, but we do appreciate people motivated to better themselves in every conceivable aspect.

About IT Labs

Founded in 2005, IT Labs is an international software tech company, specializing in purpose and process-driven teams for high-performance, innovation, transformation, and efficiency. Our HQ is in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and we have teams and offices around the world - the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Serbia, and North Macedonia. We are constantly growing, and we would love for you to become part of our team!