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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - Ods - **Company:** Banco Santander, S.A. - **Location:** Madrid, Spain - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, JIRA, Big Data, Software Quality, Collaborative Software, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Stores, Data Systems, DevOps, Distributed Computing Environment, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Cisco Nexus Switches, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Standard Sql, Scala (Programming Language), SONAR (Symantec), Workflow Management Systems, Cloud Platform System, Real Time Systems, Apache Spark, Git, Data Lakes, Apache Flink, Spark Streaming, Data Management, Stream Processing, Splunk, Data Pipelines, Jenkins - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.buscojobs.com.es/senior-data-engineer-ods-en-madrid-ID-366713888 ## About the Role * Contribute to engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD and automation.Responsabilidades* 5+ years in Data Engineering or similar roles. * Experience building production-grade data pipelines in large-scale environments. * Hands-on Spark experience in real projects, preferably Scala. * Experience with cloud data platforms. * Experience in banking, fintech or regulated environments (preferred). * Fluent Spanish; professional English. * Strong Python or Scala coding skills for data engineering tasks. * Solid SQL knowledge and experience with relational/analytic databases. * Experience designing and optimizing ETL/ELT processes. * Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud ecosystems (S3, Glue, Athena, EMR, Redshift, IAM, Lake Formation). * Experience with Git and collaborative software development practices. * Understanding of data quality, validation, monitoring and performance optimization. * Experience with CI/CD or DevOps tools (Jenkins, Sonar, Nexus, Jira, Splunk). * Scala experience (preferred). * Experience with Apache Flink, Spark Streaming or near-real-time applications (preferred). * Experience with Iceberg, Delta Lake or modern lakehouse formats (preferred). xqbhyrx * Experience with Airflow or workflow orchestration tools (preferred). ## Description Experteer Overview Todos los posibles candidatos deben leer con atención los siguientes detalles de este trabajo antes de presentar una candidatura.In this role you design, build and optimize scalable data solutions that power analytics, ML, reporting, and critical decision-making.You will work with large data environments to create robust pipelines and distributed processing using Spark-based technologies.You'll operate in cloud environments to process, transform and expose data for Analytics, Data Science, and business teams.This position offers a chance to shape data platforms and contribute to a leading digital banking ecosystem.Compensaciones / Beneficios* Design, develop and optimize large-scale data pipelines using Apache Spark (Scala/Spark).* Build batch and near-real-time data processing for high-volume environments.* Create reliable datasets consumed by analytics, data science, ML, and business teams.* Work with cloud data platforms (ideally AWS) to process, transform and store data.* Implement data quality, validation, monitoring and documentation across pipelines.* Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, ML, Architecture and business teams to deliver practical data solutions.* Contribute to engineering best practices around code quality, testing, CI/CD and automation.Responsabilidades* 5+ years in Data Engineering or similar roles.* Experience building production-grade data pipelines in large-scale environments.* Hands-on Spark experience in real projects, preferably Scala.* Experience with cloud data platforms.* Experience in banking, fintech or regulated environments (preferred).* Fluent Spanish; professional English.* Strong Python or Scala coding skills for data engineering tasks.* Solid SQL knowledge and experience with relational/analytic databases.* Experience designing and optimizing ETL/ELT processes.* Experience with AWS or equivalent cloud ecosystems (S3, Glue, Athena, EMR, Redshift, IAM, Lake Formation).* Experience with Git and collaborative software development practices.* Understanding of data quality, validation, monitoring and performance optimization.* Experience with CI/CD or DevOps tools (Jenkins, Sonar, Nexus, Jira, Splunk).* Scala experience (preferred).* Experience with Apache Flink, Spark Streaming or near-real-time applications (preferred).* Experience with Iceberg, Delta Lake or modern lakehouse formats (preferred).xqbhyrx * Experience with Airflow or workflow orchestration tools (preferred).Requisitos principales* ## Related Videos - [Our journey with Spring Boot in a microservice architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/511-our-journey-with-spring-boot-in-a-microservice-architecture) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs)