Data Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Participate in defining the requirements and architecture for the new platform
• ▹Implement the solution and remain involved in its operations and maintenance after launch
• ▹Introduce data governance and management, laying the foundation for accurate and comprehensive reporting that was previously impossible
• ▹Build data ingestion and processing pipelines
• ▹Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, develop data pipelines and data quality metrics
• ▹Adhere to and actively promote engineering best practices, data governance standards and the use of open standards

Requirements

• ▹Hands-on experience with Python (advanced)
• ▹Databricks/Snowflake (advanced)
• ▹Data engineering (advanced)
• ▹Strong communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders (advanced)
• ▹SQL (regular)
• ▹Azure/AWS/GCP (regular)
• ▹Airflow or another orchestration tool (regular)
• ▹Proven experience with data warehouse solutions (e.g. BigQuery, Redshift, Snowflake)
• ▹Experience with Databricks or data lakehouse platforms
• ▹Strong background in data modelling, data catalogue concepts, data formats and data pipelines/ETL design, implementation and maintenance
• ▹Ability to thrive in an Agile environment, collaborating transparently
• ▹Experience with AWS/GCP/Azure cloud services, including GCS/S3/ABS, EMR/Dataproc, MWAA/Composer or Microsoft Fabric, ADF/AWS Glue
• ▹Experience in ecosystems requiring improvement and the drive to implement best practices as a long-term process
• ▹Proactive approach

Nice to have

• ▹dbt
• ▹Data modelling
• ▹LLM productivity tools like Cursor/Claude Code
• ▹Knowledge of the insurance domain (strong advantage)
• ▹Infrastructure as Code practices, particularly Terraform
• ▹Familiarity with Spark
• ▹Familiarity with streaming tools

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Friendly atmosphere and many self-development opportunities
• ▹Good working conditions
• ▹Trust and autonomy: measuring outcomes, not hours
• ▹B2B is not the only form of cooperation

About the company

The VirtusLab team (#VLteam) is made up of tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth, with a focus on a friendly atmosphere, self-development opportunities and good working conditions.