Senior Data Engineer

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Hiflylabs is a Budapest-based company. We have 250+ employees at this moment and we are constantly thriving. Our application development team and business intelligence experts work to provide effective solutions to business problems.
Our professional team has proved its expertise through 10 years of experience, participating in multiple Business Intelligence projects - both Hungarian and international - in various industries, such as the financial, telecommunication and energy sectors.
We deliver a wide portfolio of innovative business solutions that include Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics. In the last few years we have acquired a high level of competence in Application Development.
Hiflylabs is committed to innovation, and encourages the realization of innovative initiatives in the form of independent startups.
Get an insight on how we work and check out our Website, LinkedIn page and YouTube channel!
Responsibilities
Understanding and aligning with business needs, identifying related data requirements
Participating in technical pre-sales activities, including effort estimation, and proposal creation
Architecting and planning robust data models and modern data platforms.
Acting as the senior technical lead for the development of cloud data solutions, with a focus on lakehouse architectures
Planning and leading testing activities
Leading and mentoring project teams (3-6 members)
Requirements
5+ years of data engineering experience
Hands-on experience with Databricks/Snowflake/Azure/AWS-based data platforms
Proficiency in assessing business logic, proposal submission, and time estimation
2+ years of experience in a technical leadership or team lead role, guiding data warehouse/lakehouse migration or development projects
Project experience from a consultancy background
Customer-oriented approach
Strong communication skills and proactivity
Professional working proficiency in both English and Hungarian (written and spoken)
Problem-solving skills, creativity
Nice to have
Hands-on experience with legacy on-premise platforms (Oracle, MSSQL)
Experience in international projects
Why us?
Diverse projects: In each assignment there is always something new either on the technical or on the business side that helps you grow.
Cutting edge technology: You will work with many of the most up-to-date technologies and tools.
Strong and motivating team: We stress the importance of working together in tight-knit, cohesive teams in which members help each other to reach the common goal.
Work-life balance: We help you to feel good individually as well, and coordinate work so as it should align with your leisure activities.
Professional development: There are team gatherings on a regular schedule where colleagues can share their knowledge, and have deep technical discussions.
Focus on company culture: In addition to our business and professional achievements we are proud of the social bonding in the company, which is based on mutual respect and helping one another.
Personal mentoring: You will have your own mentor (just like everybody at Hiflylabs) who you can turn to with professional issues as well as with personal ones.