Data Engineer & Lead Data Engineer

Data Engineers & Lead Data Engineer | Databricks · PySpark · Azure | Barcelona (Hybrid)

The company

A global leader in media measurement. Its data shows what the world watches across TV, streaming and digital in more than 80 countries. Following a major private equity investment, the business is building its own data engineering team in Barcelona, and is hiring the first three people to shape it.

The roles

• Lead Data Engineer (x1): a hands-on lead managing 3–5 engineers, setting the technical direction and working with an external delivery partner
• Data Engineer (x2): building and improving the large-scale pipelines behind products used by broadcasters, advertisers and agencies worldwide

What you’ll do

• Design, build and optimise data pipelines in PySpark and Databricks
• Write efficient, well-tested SQL and Python
• Add data quality checks, monitoring and automated tests
• Contribute to CI/CD, code reviews and the team’s engineering standards
• Use AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot and similar) as part of everyday work
• For the Lead: mentor the team, set standards and work with stakeholders and the delivery partner

What you’ll bring

• Hands-on experience with Databricks, PySpark and SQL
• Experience with Azure, or another major cloud platform and a willingness to move across
• Python (Java is a bonus), Git and orchestration tools such as Airflow
• A strong sense of ownership and a focus on data quality
• For the Lead: experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Good English and Spanish

Why join

• Build, don’t inherit. Join a new team at the start and help shape how it works.
• Global-scale data, with work that ships straight into the product
• A modern tech stack, with real investment behind it
• Hybrid working in Barcelona

Interested in either role? Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.