Data Engineer

Overview

Become a Data Engineering Trailblazer!
Ready to make a significant impact on a global organization? Aquent Talent is partnering with a renowned international company to find a skilled Data Engineer to revolutionize their data strategy. This is your chance to transform how a global brand leverages its data, driving key business decisions and shaping future strategies.

As a Data Engineer, you will be a crucial player in optimizing the ingestion, classification, and utilization of online marketing data, with a focus on search data. You will spearhead the simplification and rationalization of the search data model, focusing on essential tables and metrics. Your expertise will be instrumental in developing improved documentation and internal training programs, fostering a broader understanding of data utilization across the organization. Furthermore, you’ll integrate search data with other data sources, enabling comprehensive reporting and analysis. By implementing robust quality checks and monitoring, you’ll ensure data accuracy and reliability. Finally, you will refine the search query classification model, enabling more granular and actionable insights, and redesign the organic revenue estimation logic.

This is a 6 months, hybrid contract starting on the 1st July, offering annual salary of €67,900, pro rata.

What You’ll Do:

• Simplify and rationalize the search data model, concentrating on key tables and metrics.
• Develop and deliver internal training and documentation to enhance data understanding.
• Integrate search data with internal and external data sources for reporting and analysis.
• Implement quality checks and monitoring processes to ensure data quality.
• Refine the search query classification model for more granular insights.
• Redesign the organic revenue estimation logic using historical performance and behavioral data.
• Evaluate options for modernizing or rebuilding the ELT pipeline, focusing on stability, cost, and scalability.

Must-Haves:

• Formal qualifications (BSc, MSc, PhD) in computer science, software engineering, informatics or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of designing efficient, robust, and automated data pipelines, ETL workflows, data warehousing, and Big Data processing.
• Advanced experience with SQL for building data pipelines and proficiency in Python. Hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform and DBT.
• Hands-on experience with data modeling for BI & ML for performance and efficiency.
• Experience driving new data engineering developments (e.g., applying cutting-edge methods, improving data integration performance, and using new tools for data quality).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience with web or search data.
• Data products and data mesh knowledge: practical implementation experience from levels and schemas to data contracts and data access management.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to advocate for the data mesh and guide colleagues technically (stakeholder management).

The shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Monday 23rd July. 

About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.