
Associate Data Engineer
Betfair Romania Development
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cluj-Napoca • 🇷🇴 Romania
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JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
AirflowAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsETLGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaPythonScalaSparkSQLTerraform
About the role
- Implement High-Impact Data Systems
- Implement scalable, maintainable, and secure real-time data infrastructure and platforms that support enterprise-wide data needs.
- Deliver on standards for pipeline orchestration, data modeling, and data product design using modern tools and cloud-native technologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and analytical requirements into end-to-end data solutions.
- Drive Engineering Best Practices
- Embody engineering best practices around code quality, testing, documentation, and deployment.
- Contribute to the evolution of the data platform, ensuring systems are modular, interoperable, and resilient.
- Contribute to technical design and code reviews, mentoring peers and raising the bar for engineering excellence.
- Contribute to Strategic Initiatives
- Partner with data platform teams, analytics, and data science to deliver reusable data assets and shared infrastructure.
- Resolve structural and performance bottlenecks in the current data platform and propose improvements that reduce complexity and boost performance.
- Deliver on initiatives that improve data quality, lineage, observability, and system reliability.
Requirements
- Working experience in data engineering or a related field, with a focus on building scalable data systems and platforms.
- Knowledge in modern data tools and frameworks such as Kafka, Spark, Databricks, dbt, Airflow, and cloud-native services (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Solid understanding of streaming architectures, distributed systems, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data modeling.
- Proficiency at least one object-oriented programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala) and SQL
- Experience working on complex technical systems end-to-end, from design through production is a plus
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong willingness in learning new technologies, design patterns, and data engineering best practices.
- Experience working on data platforms that support analytics, machine learning, and operational workloads
- Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and compliance frameworks
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and data platform observability (e.g., Terraform)
Benefits
- Hybrid & remote working options
- €1,000 per year for self-development
- Company share scheme
- 25 days of annual leave per year
- 20 days per year to work abroad
- 5 personal days/year
- Flexible benefits: travel, sports, hobbies
- Extended health, dental and travel insurances
- Customized well-being programmes
- Career growth sessions
- Thousands of online courses through Udemy
- A variety of engaging office events
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data engineeringdata modelingETLELTobject-oriented programmingSQLstreaming architecturesdistributed systemsinfrastructure-as-codedata platform observability
Soft skills
communication skillscollaborationmentoringproblem-solvingwillingness to learn