Senior Data Engineer

Tripledot Studios

full-time

Posted on: 3/12/2026

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Barcelona • Spain

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About the role

Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines to support AI/ML initiatives across the studio.
Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, analysts, and game developers to understand data needs and translate them into robust infrastructure solutions.
Develop and maintain ETL/ELT workflows that ingest and transform structured and unstructured data from various sources (e.g., game telemetry, player behavior, marketing).
Work with cloud platforms to manage and optimize data lakes, warehouses, and orchestration tools.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and governance across all stages of the data lifecycle.
Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and ensure timely delivery of data to downstream systems.
Enable real-time and batch data processing to support AI use cases like player segmentation, churn prediction, personalization, and content optimization.
Advocate for best practices in data engineering, including CI/CD, version control, testing, and observability.

4+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, ideally within gaming, mobile apps, or digital products.
Hands-on experience with data pipeline orchestration (e.g., Airflow, Prefect, Dagster).
Strong proficiency in SQL and Python.
Experience with databases like Trino, BQ and Redshift is a plus.
Proven track record of using big data technologies and distributed systems (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Flink) for large scale processing.
Solid understanding of cloud infrastructure (mainly AWS, but understanding of other providers like GCP is a plus) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
Familiarity with machine learning workflows, feature stores, and model serving is a plus.
Strong Data Modelling skills, schema evolution management and usage of open table formats, like Apache Iceberg.
Usage of generative AI for daily tasks is a plus.
Passion for gaming and an interest in using AI to create better player experiences.
A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills and a product-focused approach.

Benefits

- **25 days paid holiday** in addition to bank holidays to relax and refresh throughout the year
- **Hybrid Working:** We work in the office 3 days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and a third day of your choice.
- **20 days remote working:** Work from anywhere in the world, or use the time to cover mandatory office days to WFH, 20 days of the year.
- **Regular company events and rewards:** Join in regular events and rewards that celebrate cultural events, our achievements and our team spirit.
- **Private Medical Cover:** Have peace of mind with private medical cover, ensuring your health is in good hands.
- **Life & Critical Illness Cover:** Protect your future with our life and critical illness cover.
- **Family Forming Support:** Receive vital support on your family forming/ fertility journey with our support program [subject to policy]
- **Employee Assistance Program:** Access confidential support anytime through our Employee Assistance Program.
- **Sport Compensation:** Stay fit and active with our sport compensation benefit.
- **Meal and Transport Vouchers:** Save on meals and transport with our convenient vouchers.
- **English & Spanish Classes:** Enhance your English and Spanish skills with our provided language classes.
- **Continuous Professional Development:** Propel your career with continuous opportunities for professional development.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringETLELTSQLPythonbig data technologiesdata modelinggenerative AIcloud infrastructurecontainerization

Soft Skills

collaborative mindsetstrong communication skillsproduct-focused approach