Bigdata Engineer Lead

Role: Bigdata Engineer Lead

Type: Contract

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Job Description:

• Proven experience migrating legacy data platforms, particularly Amazon Redshift to Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of cloud data warehousing, data modeling, schema design, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Experience designing data retention, archival, and partitioning strategies to support regulatory and business requirements.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and Python , with experience using modern data engineering tools such as dbt, Airflow, or equivalent platforms .
• Understanding of Snowflake performance and cost-optimization practices.

Leadership & Delivery

• Strong combination of technical solution design, business analysis, and product ownership experience.
• Experience with requirements gathering, backlog management, stakeholder alignment, and Agile delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide junior and mid-level data engineers.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing change and supporting organizational adoption during large-scale technology or platform migrations.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with business change management frameworks.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud data platform modernization.
• Knowledge of Snowflake cost optimization, performance tuning, and governance best practices.