Principal Data Engineer Consultant

About RevoData

RevoData is a boutique Data & AI consultancy and proud Databricks Gold partner. We focus exclusively on Databricks, allowing us to go deep and do things properly. We help companies across Europe unlock the value in their data, helping them design and build scalable platforms that support real business use cases.

RevoData is part of IG&H, an international consulting firm focused on digital transformation across industries. For this role, you’ll be based in Lisbon and work from the IG&H office, collaborating with colleagues across RevoData and IG&H.

We foster a no-ego, no-nonsense culture where collaboration, proactivity and knowledge sharing are part of everyday work.

Sound like your kind of environment? Then keep scrolling!

About you

You’ve reached the point where you don’t just build data platforms - you shape how they should exist.

You walk into environments where things are unclear, sometimes messy, sometimes politically complex - and you bring structure, direction, and calm. Not by overcomplicating things, but by making the right things simple.

At RevoData, you operate at the intersection of deep Databricks expertise, technical leadership, and client trust.

We’d love to talk if:

You’ve led data platforms from idea to reality - more than once
Not just contributing, but owning the outcome. You’ve made architectural decisions, dealt with the consequences, and improved things along the way.

Databricks is a tool you truly understand, not just use
You don’t just implement pipelines - you shape how platforms are structured. From Delta Lake design decisions to Unity Catalog setup and governance, you define foundations that scale. You’re comfortable working across the platform: orchestrating with Workflows, structuring code and deployments properly, and thinking through how data flows from ingestion to consumption.

You’re comfortable with Python & SQL: You write clean, maintainable code and know your way around data modelling and building data pipelines.

You know your way around the cloud: You’ve worked with Azure, AWS or GCP and have experience building ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud-based data solutions.

You bring structure where there isn’t any
You can take a vague ambition (“we need a data platform”) and turn it into something concrete - defining approach, architecture, and first steps without needing everything handed to you.

You balance pragmatism with quality
You know when to push for a better design, and when to move forward with something “good enough for now.” You don’t get stuck in theory, but you also don’t create future problems.

You raise the level of the people around you
Through reviews, discussions, and the way you work, you make others better - without it feeling forced or hierarchical.

You influence decisions in the grey area between tech and business
You can challenge assumptions, explain trade-offs, and guide decisions - whether you’re speaking to an engineer, a product owner, or a CTO.

You speak fluent English

Nice to have:

• Databricks certifications (Data Engineer Professional, Machine Learning Engineer Professional etc.)

• Databricks Champion status

• Fluency in other EU languages

• Hybrid Working: Based in Lisbon, with a minimum of one day a week in the IG&H office. We trust you to get the job done while giving you the flexibility to work in a way that works for you.
• Competitive salary: €44,211 – €66,750 gross annually, depending on experience and how you're benchmarked throughout our interview process.
• Permanent Contract: Join us on a permanent contract from day one.
• Meal Allowance: Receive €10.20 per working day to put towards your lunch.
• Work-From-Home Allowance: €30 gross per month to help cover your home-working expenses.
• Mobile Phone Budget: Stay connected with a mobile phone budget.
• Health & Life Insurance: Enjoy health and life insurance as part of your benefits package.
• Extra Time Off: 22 holiday days plus 4 additional days off throughout the year, including bridge days, Carnival, Christmas and your birthday. 🎉
• International Exposure: Work with colleagues and clients across Portugal and the Netherlands, giving you the opportunity to work in an international environment.
• Tech Playground: Love experimenting? So do we. Play around with Databricks AI/BI, Genie, Agent Bricks, Vector Search, Terraform, Teragrunt, Asset Bundles, CI/CD, monitoring & alerting tools, Cursor and more.
• Unlimited Learning: Take advantage of our partner academies, weekly Lunch & Learns and a team of Databricks specialists to learn from and collaborate with.