Senior Data Engineer

About the role

Hiflylabs, a Budapest-based company with 250+ employees, offers business intelligence, data warehousing and data analytics solutions across financial, telecommunication and energy sectors. It is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to act as technical lead for cloud data solutions, focusing on lakehouse architectures, and to guide small project teams.

Key responsibilities

• Understand and align with business needs, identify related data requirements
• Take part in technical pre-sales, including effort estimation and proposal creation
• Design and plan robust data models and modern data platforms
• Act as senior technical lead for cloud data solutions, with a focus on lakehouse architectures
• Plan and lead testing activities
• Lead and mentor project teams of 3-6 members

Required profile

• 5+ years of data engineering experience
• 2+ years in a technical leadership or team lead role, guiding data warehouse or lakehouse migration or development projects
• Consultancy project experience
• Customer-oriented approach, strong communication skills and proactivity
• Written and spoken English and Hungarian
• Nice to have: experience with international projects

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Azure or AWS-based data platforms
• Ability to assess business logic, proposals and time estimates
• Nice to have: hands-on experience with legacy on-premise platforms (Oracle, MSSQL)

What we offer

• Diverse projects with new technical and business challenges
• Cutting-edge technologies and tools
• A close-knit, supportive team
• Work-life balance and coordination of work around leisure
• Regular team gatherings and professional development
• Personal mentoring