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Technical Lead - Cloud Data Engineering - Snowflake / DBT

EMD Group · Barcelona, ES
Posted Jul 9, 2026

<p><strong><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Your role:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ready to shape the future? As Technical Lead Cloud Data Engineering, you own the technical direction of our Snowflake- and DBT-based data products from design to delivery.

You are equally at home reviewing a data model, coaching a colleague, or presenting a design decision to senior management. You guide a cross-functional team, set engineering standards, and translate R&D business requirements into robust, scalable solutions – all while fostering a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous learning.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Your key responsibilities:</span></p><ul><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Define end-to-end design of cloud data products; establish standards for data quality, security, GxP compliance, and CI/CD; document decisions as Design Decision Records (DDRs).</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Oversee implementation by internal and external engineers; provide expertise on Snowflake performance tuning, DBT pipeline design, SQL optimization, and Python-based processing.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Mentor engineers at all levels; manage cross-team dependencies; communicate risks, trade-offs, and status clearly to all stakeholders.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Scope and plan engineering work; balance feature delivery with technical debt; drive CI/CD adoption via Azure DevOps and automated data testing.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Actively contribute to team growth through recruiting, onboarding, and knowledge sharing.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">In return, we offer a high-impact role at the forefront of Healthcare R&D data innovation, a strong international engineering culture, flexible working models, and the purpose-driven environment of a global science and technology company.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Who you are:</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Leadership & Mindset </span></p><ul><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Accountable for team outcomes; leads by example and enables others to grow.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Pragmatic: balances engineering excellence with real-world delivery constraints.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience & Qualifications</span></p><ul><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">8+ years of hands-on data engineering experience, including significant technical lead responsibility.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Deep expertise in Snowflake (architecture, performance tuning, data sharing) and DBT (pipeline design, testing, job automation).</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong proficiency in data modelling: Data Vault 2.0, OLAP/OLTP, and semantic ontologies.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Advanced SQL and solid Python skills for data transformation and system integration.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Proven CI/CD experience with Azure DevOps and Git; IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation is a plus.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Familiarity with AWS data services (Glue, Step Functions, Athena, Lambda) is advantageous.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience with GxP-compliant data products in a regulated (pharma/healthcare) environment is a strong plus.</span></li><li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Business-fluent English (written and spoken)</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> </p><p style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> </p><p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><em>Todos los candidatos internos, sin importar si trabajan a tiempo completo o parcial, tendrán la oportunidad de ser considerados para las vacantes disponibles</em></span></p><p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><em>HC-HF-IRHE Engineering</em></span></p><p style="margin:0.0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">RL Exp</span>ert 3</p>

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