Senior Data Engineer IV

Agile Lab is a company founded in 2014 with the mission to create value for its customers in data-intensive environments through customisable solutions that establish performance-driven processes, sustainable architectures and automated platforms based on data governance best practices.

Having delivered over 100 successful Elite Data Engineering initiatives, we have used this experience to create Witboost: a modular, technology-agnostic platform that enables modern organisations to discover, value and produce their data in both traditional environments and fully compliant Data Mesh architectures.

With a highly skilled team of over 130 data engineers based in Europe, Agile Lab helps organisations with their data-driven transformation.

Take a look at our handbook to discover our core values and processes.

Salary: 60K - 70K

The opportunity:

We are looking to recruit a Data Engineer IV to join our team. In this role you will be required to implement data intensive applications. To be successful as a Data Engineer, you should have excellent problem solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes, designs, and implements complex systems;
• Challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve;
• Mentors junior engineers via pairing, design, and code review;
• Builds software solutions by adhering to our quality standards about SDLC;
• Makes active efforts to stay up-to-date with technologies;
• Leads the technical design of complex systems;
• Understands and optimizes system performances;
• Takes the initiative to fix issues before they become a problem;
• Delivers complex systems, well-baked, and almost bug-free;
• Proactively Identifies problems with requirements and project plan;
• Go to an expert in one technological area;
• Research and propose new technologies;
• Detect possible performance bottlenecks;
• Known for drama-free launches;
• Can jump into an old project and fix it;
• Consistently influence technical and business roadmap of services/products/projects;
• Proactively identify and tackle tech debt;
• Communicate with self-awareness;
• When proposing something, at any level, is doing it in written form and providing the proper context;
• Contributes to the career development of others.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science;
• 6+ previous experience;
• In-depth knowledge of Hadoop, Spark, and similar frameworks;
• In-depth knowledge of programming languages, including Java and Scala;
• Some knowledge of Data Mesh;
• Expert in cloud-native technologies, IaC, and Docker tools;
• Excellent project management skills;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Proactivity;
• Business and functional understanding;
• Team Player;
• Ability to solve complex networking, data, and software issues;
• Leadership capabilities.

We offer:

• Full Remote or hybrid working in our offices: Milan, Turin, Padua, Bologna, Catania and Rende;
• Real work life balance;
• Training monthly budget (time and money);
• A structured career path with clear expectations and salary for each level;
• Support of a buddy, as a guide in choosing the most suitable experiences for your ambitions;
• Benefits and corporate welfare programs: company prizes and welcome pack with all the equipment you need to work;
• Smart Working Plus experience: opportunity to work for 2 weeks abroad
• Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you;
• The opportunity to attend one conference per year;
• Inclusive environment where you can be who you really are;
• Stimulating environment oriented to growth, both professional and personal.

How we work:

• We don't like hierarchies: we work as a team;
• We don't like bureaucracies, we prefer sense of responsibility;
• We like data, certainly, so anything that is measurable;
• We want to make a positive change in our industry;
• Empathy, humility, collaboration, and willingness to challenge ourselves are the basis of our work.