Senior Big Data Engineer
Hybrid St Julians BarcelonaMadrid +1 Full-time Senior Data Engineering
At a glance
Senior Data Engineering role at Gaming Innovation Group. St Julians · full-time.
Pay not stated Data Engineering salary
RoleData Engineering
SenioritySenior
LocationSt Julians
WorkplaceHybrid
EmploymentFull-time
PostedSep 17, 2026 · 5w ago
Also hiring inBarcelona, Madrid, Marbella
Role brief
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What you'll do
- Design and maintain ETL workflows, integrations and pipelines that move large volumes of data
- Build efficient services for processing, storing and analysing large datasets
- Set up data checks that protect accuracy and reliability for specific business needs
- Investigate issues in live systems and restore smooth operation
- Review code, encourage sound practices and test relevant new technologies
What you bring
- Strong experience with Spark, Kafka, Nifi, ClickHouse and big data storage technologies
- A solid grasp of schema design approaches and data modelling
- Expertise using SQL to extract large datasets, plus familiarity with SQL databases
- Object-oriented programming experience, ideally with Python or Java
- Strong background in cloud computing or distributed systems
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer ready to take ownership of major real-time data projects and contribute through code reviews. It is based in St Julians, Malta, with a hybrid arrangement.
From the employer
At GiG we are looking to hire a Senior Big Data Engineer in our Data department. You will assume a pivotal role in taking ownership of the analysis, design, building, support of major realtime big data projects and contribute to
the team's success through code reviews, promoting best practices and
implementing robust solutions across all aspects of big data endeavours.
Embracing this vital role, the Senior Big Data Engineer is instrumental in driving data-driven excellence, harnessing the power of information for strategic decision-making, and fostering organisational growth and success.
the team's success through code reviews, promoting best practices and
implementing robust solutions across all aspects of big data endeavours.
Embracing this vital role, the Senior Big Data Engineer is instrumental in driving data-driven excellence, harnessing the power of information for strategic decision-making, and fostering organisational growth and success.
- Design, create, and maintain ETL processes, data integrations, and data pipelines
- Ensure seamless handling of vast amounts of data.
- Leverage extensive knowledge, the engineer develops high-performance services to efficiently process, store, and analyse large datasets
using optimised code. - Aim to maintain data accuracy and reliability, takes the lead in designing and implementing data validation and quality checks tailored to meet specific business needs.
- Troubleshoot live production systems is a regular part of the engineer's responsibilities, ensuring smooth operations and swift issue resolution.
- Demonstrate an innovative spirit, the engineer actively tests and
implements new technologies, staying abreast of the latest advancements relevant to current and future projects.
- Strong level of expertise with big data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Nifi, ClickHouse and Big Data datastores.
- Strong understanding of schema design methodologies and data models
- Expert in extracting large datasets using SQL, familiarity with SQL
- databases
- Experience with object oriented programming skills - ideally Python and/or Java
- Strong experience with cloud computed and/or distributed systems
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