Senior Data Engineer
Join a company that empowers you to do your very best work. Take this challenge and make an impact in your career!
If you're passionate about technology and ready for a challenge, join our team of talented individuals and show your technical skills, creativity, and drive for impact.
You'll work with the best in the industry in a supportive, happy, and human-centric environment, making seamless technology. That’s why we were recognized as Best Workplace® in Europe (medium companies), Best Quality of Life Company® and the 2nd Best Great Place to Work® in Portugal by Great Place to Work®. See for yourself by checking our Glassdoor reviews.
What exciting projects will you have to make an impact and work on?
At Imaginary Cloud, our work improves and simplifies people's lives by creating easy and intuitive digital products. Our day-to-day tasks include development, problem-solving, management, and human interaction.
Together, we will drive innovation by creating innovative projects for some of the best companies around the world. You'll be able to grow as you engage with multidisciplinary teams, multiple industries, and projects, overcoming the many challenges that will test and build your skills.
Here's an overview of the technical skills you'll likely have to embark on our team:
5+ years of working experience in Data Engineering or closely related role
Academic background in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Data Science, or related quantitative field
Hands-on production experience in Databricks
Significant experience building data workloads in Databricks, with a very good understanding of PySpark and Delta Lake
Strong proficiency with SQL — window functions, complex joins and query tuning
Experience with stream ing or incremental ingestion (Structured Streaming, Auto Loader, or equivalent) and the patterns that keep it correct: idempotency, checkpointing and schema evolution.
Data modelling for BI and analytics
Good understanding of testing and CI/CD for Databricks workflows, alongside the softw are engineering and DevOps basics — git, code review, linters, unit tests and CI/CD pipelines are things you use daily
Data quality practice: testing data as well as code, using pipeline expectations, dbt tests or similar
Outstanding proficiency in using Agentic AI tools like Cursor IDE and GitHub Copilot to accelerate code development, refactoring, and complex debugging
Analytical mind with a strong problem-solving aptitude
Experience collaborating with engineering and product development teams
Fluency in English, both spoken and written
We seek team members who live in Portugal or are willing and legally qualified to live and work there
The salary range for this position is 39 360,00€ - 60 600,00€ gross per year.
Get to know our tech stack:
Python / PySpark / Django
Javascript (React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js, Node.js)
Ruby / Ruby on Rails
Git
SQL (MySQL / PostgreSQL)
Mobile development (iOS, Android, React Native)
Linux / Mac OS - command line
Automated provisioning tools (Docker / Ansible / Capistrano)
NoSQL (Mongo, Redis, etc.)
Photoshop / Figma
We want you to feel comfortable here. Get the best of your potential with our benefits:
Salary according to your experience and performance
Paid sick days
Health and dental insurance
Comfort budget
What you get:
A remote-first company
Flexible working hours
Global projects with industry-leading clients
A human-centric culture that values people and empowers them
Informal environment
Team events to share knowledge and celebrate collectively
Mentoring and performance appraisals for solid growth potential
Does this sound exactly like what you’re looking for? Then apply now, and let's get the conversation started!
- Department
- Data Science
- Role
- Data Scientist
- Location
- Portugal
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Salary
- €39,360 - €60,600/year
- Employment type
- Full-time
About Imaginary Cloud
Imaginary Cloud is a Software Development and UX/UI Design company that helped design, build, launch, and scale 300+ web and mobile applications. With offices in Portugal (Lisbon and Coimbra) and in the UK (London), we have been designing and developing innovative digital products for more than 10 years.