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# Data Engineering Sr Associate

- **Company:** Metyis
- **Location:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Profiling, Continuous Integration, Data Cleansing, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mart, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, Software Deployment, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, AI Infrastructure, Data Processing, Microsoft Power Automate, Azure Data Factory, Git, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Data Management, Restful APIs, Azure Synapse Analytics, Serverless Computing, Databricks
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

5-8 years of experience in data engineering, including building and deploying production-grade ETL/ELT solutions
Strong hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and related services
Advanced skills in SQL, Python, PySpark, data transformation, profiling, and data modelling
Strong knowledge of data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, APIs, streaming, and modern cloud architectures
Experience supporting AI and machine learning solutions from data preparation through production deployment and monitoring
Knowledge of CI/CD, Git, automated testing, data quality, governance, and observability
Experience with Airflow, Kubernetes, or Great Expectations is desirable
Strong business understanding and ability to translate business objectives into technical requirements
Confident, proactive communicator who enjoys working closely with clients and business stakeholders
Strong leadership, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills
Experience managing or coaching a team of at least two people
Experience in service consulting and stakeholder management
Comfortable with ambiguity, highly autonomous
A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research. Statistics, Business or other related technical disciplines (Master's Degree is a plus)

## Description

Metyis is growing! We are looking for a Data Engineering Sr Associate with +5 years of experience to join our international Data and Analytics team, based in Barcelona., + Interact with senior stakeholders at our clients on regular basis to drive their business towards impactful change

 + Become the go-to person for end-to-end data handling, management, and analytics processes
 + Lead your team in creating the pipeline for Data management, data visualization, and analytics products, including automated services, and APIs
 + Working with Data Scientists to take data throughout its lifecycle - acquisition, exploration, data cleaning, integration, analysis, interpretation, and visualization
 + Become part of a fast-growing international and diverse team

What you will do:

 + Own and develop the data engineering and AI infrastructure roadmap in alignment with business and technology priorities
 + Design scalable cloud data platforms, pipelines, APIs, and architectures that support analytics and AI use cases
 + Work closely with business stakeholders to understand needs, define use cases, and translate them into technical solutions
 + Monitor the end-to-end development of data and AI use cases, ensuring quality, scalability, and business value
 + Lead development using Python, PySpark, SQL, REST APIs, and Microsoft Azure
 + Establish engineering standards covering architecture, testing, CI/CD, data quality, governance, and monitoring
 + Coordinate data engineering, data science, reporting, and product teams to deliver production-ready solutions
 + Communicate technical decisions, risks, progress, and recommendations to business and senior stakeholders
 + Coach team members and manage delivery across multiple projects


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