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.