Staff Data Engineer

Summary

Join Wellhub's growing Gen AI team in Portugal as a Staff Data Engineer and help build the next generation of AI-powered solutions. This role focuses on generative AI, RAG, LLM fine-tuning, and data pipelines. You will develop and maintain data models, design data pipelines, and implement data quality checks. The ideal candidate possesses experience in data modeling, data pipelines, SQL, and Python, along with strong communication and collaboration skills. Wellhub offers a comprehensive benefits package including a wellness program, flexible work arrangements, paid time off, parental leave, and opportunities for career growth.

Requirements

• Have created robust and scalable data models from business requirements
• Have worked collaboratively to collect, prepare and analyze complex business data
• Be able to engage engineering and product teams to elicit requirements and present solutions to top management
• Have familiarity with machine learning and AI concepts, particularly related to generative AI
• Have knowledge of data pipeline tools and technologies (e.g., Airflow, EMR, Kafka)
• Be able to collaborate with different teams to understand data needs and develop effective data pipelines
• Be comfortable understanding big data concepts to ingest, process and make data available for data scientists, business analysts and product teams
• Be comfortable maintaining data consistency across the entire data ecosystem
• Be motivated to contribute to a data-driven culture and see the impact of your work reflected company wide
• Have prior experience in data modeling
• Have prior experience in data pipelines
• Have prior experience in SQL
• Have prior experience in Python
• Have advanced/fluent English skills

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data models and structures that enable efficient querying and analysis
• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines to transform and process large volumes of data from various sources, while adding business context and semantics to the data
• Implement automated data quality checks to guarantee data quality and consistency across the whole data life cycle
• Live the mission: inspire and empower others by genuinely caring for your own wellbeing and your colleagues. Bring wellbeing to the forefront of work, and create a supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable taking care of themselves, taking time off, and finding work-life balance

Preferred Qualifications

Be an avid learner and be prepared to learn fast

Benefits

• Access digital fitness programs, and online wellness resources for meditation, nutrition, mental health support, and more. You will receive the Gold plan at no cost, and other premium plans will be significantly discounted
• Additional fitness subsidy to access onsite gyms and fitness studios
• Flexible work: Choose when and where you work. For most, this will be a hybrid office/remote structure, but can vary depending on the needs of the role and employee preferences. We offer all employees a home office stipend and a monthly flexible work allowance to cover the costs of working from home
• Flexible schedule: We understand that together, Wellhubbers and their leaders can make the best decisions for their own individual scopes. This includes flexibility to adjust their working hours based on their personal schedule, time zone, and business needs
• Paid time off: Employees receive a minimum of 25 days paid holiday per year with an additional day for each year of tenure (up to 5) in addition to annual holidays (including an extra holiday on your birthday!)
• Parental leave: We offer 100% paid parental leave to all new parents and extended maternity leave
• Career growth: Outstanding opportunities for personal and career growth. That means we maintain a growth mindset in everything we do and invest deeply in employee development