Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join Pleo's Data Services team as a Staff Data Engineer to design and scale the data warehouse, enable self-serve analytics, and build maintainable data products. Lead technical design discussions, align teams on scalable solutions, and mentor others. You will translate complex business logic into clean data models, partner with various teams to improve data quality, and define the future of the semantic layer. This role requires deep experience with the modern data stack (dbt, BigQuery, Airflow) and proven ability to design end-to-end data architecture. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a proactive mindset towards data quality and governance. Pleo offers a collaborative team environment focused on long-term quality and career development opportunities.

Requirements

• Deep experience with the modern data stack, especially dbt, BigQuery, and orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow, dbt Cloud)
• Proven ability to design end-to-end data architecture—from ingestion to warehouse modeling to semantic layers—not just implement someone else’s plan
• A strong understanding of data modeling and platform trade-offs, and the ability to drive architectural decisions that balance short-term needs with long-term scalability
• A track record of working across domains to align stakeholders on shared definitions, model ownership, and reuse
• A proactive mindset when it comes to data quality, governance, and system design—you raise the bar and help others do the same
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to operate as a technical partner to analytics, engineering, and product leaders

Responsibilities

• Design and lead implementation of scalable data pipelines and dbt models across key domains
• Own and evolve our data warehouse architecture, ensuring performance, clarity, and reusability
• Translate complex business logic into clean, tested, and trusted models used company-wide
• Partner with analytics engineers, analysts, and platform teams to raise the bar for data quality and modeling
• Help define the future of our semantic layer, testing strategy, and platform workflows
• Be a go-to technical leader—bringing alignment and clarity to complex data challenges

Benefits

• Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!)
• Lunch is on us - with catering in our Lisbon, Copenhagen and London offices or a monthly lunch allowance paid directly together with  your salary in other markets 🍜
• Private health insurance to ensure you’re fit in body and mind to do your best work
• We offer 25 days of holiday + your public holidays
• Flexibility/remote working options
• Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice
• We’re trialling MyndUp to give our employees access to free mental health and wellbeing support with great success so far  ❤️‍🩹
• Access to LinkedIn Learning - acquire new skills, stay abreast of industry trends and fuel your personal and professional development continuously
• Paid parental leave - we want to make sure that we're supportive of families and help you feel that you don't have to compromise your family due to work 👶