Data Engineer Master

Emagine is seeking a Data Engineer Master to join a collaborative and fast-paced project environment in Portugal. This role is ideal for a highly experienced data engineering professional with a strong background in large-scale data platforms, customer data ecosystems, and cloud-based architectures, looking to contribute at a senior technical level within modern Data & Analytics environments, with a strong focus on Snowflake and scalable data solutions.

You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing enterprise-grade data pipelines and customer data platforms, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and cost-efficient data solutions. This position requires a hands-on technical expert with strong architectural thinking, leadership capabilities, and the ability to collaborate closely with both technical and business stakeholders.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain large-scale ETL/ELT data pipelines on Snowflake
• Develop and optimize Customer 360 / CDP solutions and customer data models
• Ensure high performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of data platforms
• Implement incremental data loads, error handling, and robust pipeline recovery mechanisms
• Work with event-based and near real-time data processing pipelines
• Integrate data from CRM, ecommerce, POS, web/app analytics, and marketing platforms
• Define and implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting mechanisms
• Collaborate with marketing, product, and engineering teams to deliver data-driven solutions
• Lead technical design decisions and review the work of other data engineers
• Support migration of on-premise BI/DWH systems to cloud environments

You Bring:

• 8+ years of experience as a Data Engineer
• 3+ years in a lead or senior role with ownership of design decisions
• Strong experience with Snowflake (warehouses, schemas, stages, tasks, streams, Time Travel, performance tuning)
• Strong SQL (joins, window functions, query optimization) and Python skills
• Solid experience in data modelling (dimensional models, facts and dimensions)
• Experience with Customer 360 / CDP platforms and customer data concepts (identities, events, behaviour)
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipeline design, orchestration, and CI/CD practices
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)
• Familiarity with tools such as Airflow, dbt, Azure Data Factory or equivalent
• Experience working with marketing/data integration tools (e.g. Salesforce, Braze, Adobe Campaign)

Nice to Have:

• Background in retail or e-commerce environments (online and store data)
• Experience with data platform migrations (on-prem to cloud)
• Strong understanding of data governance and cost optimization strategies
• Experience with near real-time data processing architectures
• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Experience working in international and complex enterprise environments

Location & Eligibility:

• Candidates must be based in Portugal
• Hybrid regime — 1 day per week onsite in Rio Tinto

About emagine:

At emagine, we value diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities. We believe that different perspectives drive innovation and create stronger teams, and we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We work with leading international clients on innovative and high-impact projects, offering opportunities to grow both professionally and personally. If you are interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to apply and be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

To learn more about us, visit our website: www.emagine-consulting.com