Senior Data Lead Engineer

As a Senior Data Lead Engineer your mission will be to lead the design evolution and operation of cloud-based Data AI & BI platforms enabling scalable secure and high-quality data products that drive business value. You will play a key role in defining the data roadmap mentoring engineering teams and delivering advanced analytics and AI use cases in a complex and large-scale environment. We need someone like you to contribute across the following responsibilities : Lead the Data AI & BI roadmap ensuring scalability resilience security and cost efficiency. Design evolve and operate cloud data lakehouse architectures. Define and build domain-oriented data products aligned with data mesh principles (data-as-a-product SLAs ownership). Build and maintain data ingestion ETL and transformation pipelines including CDC-based and event-driven architectures. Integrate cloud platforms with on-premise data platforms in hybrid environments. Implement and enforce data governance data quality rules and data guardrails. Deliver high-quality well-modelled datasets and semantic layers for BI reporting and analytics. Enable AI / ML and LLM use cases (feature engineering training RAG fine‑tuning monitoring). Promote engineering best practices and act as a technical leader and mentor for data ML and BI engineers. Collaborate with product technology and business teams to prioritise and deliver high-impact initiatives. Qualifications EXPERIENCE 5 years of experience in Data Engineering Data Platforms AI Engineering or Advanced Analytics. Proven experience designing and building cloud data platforms and lakehouse architectures (preferably AWS). Hands‑on experience with Databricks or EMR for large‑scale data processing. Strong background in data ingestion ETL and CDC‑based pipelines. Experience working with hybrid architectures (on‑premise cloud). Experience enabling AI / ML solutions in production. Experience collaborating with BI teams and business stakeholders on data modelling and KPI definition. EDUCATION Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related technical discipline. Additional training in Data Engineering AI / ML or Analytics is a plus. SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE AWS: S3 Lake Formation Glue EMR. Databricks: Spark (PySpark / Scala) Delta tables MLflow feature store performance optimisation. Strong SQL and Python skills for data processing and automation. Data formats and lakehouse concepts: Parquet Iceberg / Delta curated layers. Experience with data quality lineage observability and monitoring. Knowledge of CDC patterns and event‑driven ingestion. Understanding of data mesh principles and federated governance. Experience supporting ML workflows (feature engineering training deployment monitoring). Knowledge of LLMs (prompt engineering fine‑tuning RAG evaluation and guardrails). Strong understanding of BI concepts semantic modelling and analytics consumption. Practical experience with data governance data rules and data guardrails. SOFT SKILLS Strong communication skills able to explain complex data and AI topics to technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to influence and align multiple teams without direct authority. Proven leadership and mentoring capabilities. Proactive hands‑on and outcome‑oriented mindset. Collaborative and adaptable in complex environments. OTHER INFORMATION / NICE TO HAVE AWS or Databricks certifications. Experience with orchestration tools and CI / CD for data and ML pipelines. Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code. Experience with BI tools such as QuickSight Power BI or Qlik. Experience working with Agile methodologies (JIRA Confluence). What do we offer you Hybrid position based in Málaga Spain. Permanent full‑time contract. Training and continuous career development. Opportunity to work in a multicultural team on international projects. Remote Work: No Employment Type: Full‑time Key Skills Apache Hive, S3, Hadoop, Redshift, Spark, AWS, Apache Pig, NoSQL, Big Data, Data Warehouse, Kafka, Scala Talan Spains commitment to non‑discrimination based on gender race ideology or any other reason in accordance with the companys Equality Plan and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree‑Law 6 / 2019). #J-18808-Ljbffr