Senior Data Engineer

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join Pleo and help us in our journey in our Business Analytics team. This team is responsible for delivering and enhancing high-quality, robust data solutions that drive commercial performance, revenue operations, and financial planning across Pleo.

You'll collaborate extensively with Product, Engineering, and Business teams to ensure our data solutions directly drive product innovation and business outcomes. You'll help shape the future of Pleo's data landscape, supporting multiple teams, driving strategic projects, and staying hands-on with cutting-edge technology to deliver impactful solutions.

You are a trailblazer, ready to lead innovation, mentor others, and tackle strategic challenges while maintaining a strong focus on execution. You'll partner with engineers, analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders across the company to unlock the potential of data in driving Pleo's mission forward.

You will thrive in this role if you

• Are excited by the opportunity to work across diverse teams, aligning initiatives and driving domain-wide impact with a 'data as a product' mindset.
• Love being hands-on with modern data tools and technology while also contributing to strategic decision-making.
• Enjoy the balance of diving into challenging projects while mentoring and coaching others to succeed.
• Have a strong background in building and managing data infrastructure at scale, with expertise in Python, SQL, BigQuery, AWS, dbt and Airflow.
• Have a strong background in data modelling and building scalable data pipelines.
• Are naturally curious and enthusiastic about experimenting with new tech to solve complex problems.
• Can effectively translate business and product requirements into technical data solutions.
• Take pride in fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and learning across an organisation.

Your colleagues say you

• Are an effective bridge-builder who creates strong partnerships across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Balance innovation and pragmatism, knowing when to go deep and when to deliver quickly.
• Are a trusted mentor who uplifts and develops those around you.
• Actively seek and share knowledge, contributing to a culture of continuous learning.
• Have a knack for bringing people together and aligning them towards shared goals.
• Are someone they'd love to have coffee with (virtual or not).

You will work on

• Partnering with product and business teams to develop data strategies that enable new features and improve user experience.
• Driving key strategic projects across the domain, dipping in and out as needed to provide leadership and hands-on support.
• Supporting multiple teams across the domain in delivering impactful data and analytics solutions.
• Building data products that directly support domain's roadmap and business goals.
• Collaborating with the leadership team and other data leaders to set the vision for Pleo's data strategy and ensure alignment with company objectives.
• Enhancing our data infrastructure and pipelines to improve scalability, performance, and data quality.
• Experimenting with and implementing innovative technologies to keep Pleo's data stack at the forefront of the industry.
• Mentoring engineers, analysts, and data scientists to foster growth and build a world-class data team.

Show me the benefits!

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with your salary in other markets.
• Private health insurance to ensure you're fit in body and mind to do your best work.
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays.
• Flexibility/remote working options.
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice.
• We're trialing MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously.
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work.