Auctane

Data Engineer (Madrid based)

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3 months ago
Madrid, SpainMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operationally manage data pipelines and analytics solutions using Databricks.
  • Collaborate with the Product Owner and stakeholders to implement ShipStation Global’s data strategy.
  • Develop frameworks for acquiring, processing, monitoring, and extracting value from enterprise-wide data.
  • Contribute to the design and architecture of ShipStation Global’s data platform.
  • Implement and operate reliable data systems and pipelines.
  • Promote data quality and observability using Databricks Lakeflow and Spark.
  • Apply software engineering practices including automation, version control, continuous integration and delivery, testing, and security.

Requirements

  • Strong data engineering background in lakehouse or data warehouse architecture.
  • Experience developing and supporting robust, automated, and reliable data pipelines with Python and SQL.
  • Mastery of Python and SQL.
  • Experience with data processing frameworks such as Spark or dbt.
  • Knowledge of data orchestration solutions such as Databricks Lakeflow or Airflow.
  • Knowledge of relational database design.
  • A track record of promoting and maintaining high engineering standards.
  • Production experience with very large datasets is preferred.
  • Direct experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation is preferred.
  • Knowledge and direct experience with business intelligence and analytics tools such as Tableau, Looker, or Power BI is preferred.
  • Understanding of supervised and unsupervised learning, overfitting, cross-validation, and LLM concepts such as fine-tuning is preferred.
  • Comfort using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Claude Code is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible salary benefits through Cobee for transport, restaurant, and kindergarten expenses.
  • Free private health insurance through Cigna, with 50% family-member coverage.
  • 26 days of annual holiday, including a birthday day off, Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve.
  • Choice of Mac or Windows equipment and additional screens when needed.
  • Annual salary review.
  • Up to €2,000 per year for training, certifications, conferences, and workshops.
  • Free internal and external learning resources, including LinkedIn Learning.
  • Wellhub, Curalinc psychological support, Rocketlawyer legal advice, and wellness programs.
  • One paid volunteer day per year.
  • Free therapy vouchers.
  • Up to €55 per month for gym or fitness classes.
  • Weekly language classes in English, Spanish, French, Italian, or German.
  • 8 hours per year for personal medical appointments and 10 hours for family medical support.
  • Flexible, people-first work-life balance.
  • Inclusive, multicultural English-speaking workplace.
  • 99% discount on personal Packlink Pro shipments.
  • Employee referral bonuses of €1,000–€3,000 depending on the role.
  • Madrid office with free snacks and drinks, plus team events.
  • Madrid-based hybrid role.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache SparkDatabricksdbtPythonSQLTerraform

Categories

Data Engineering
Auctane

About Auctane

1,001-5,000 employees

Auctane builds shipping and mailing software for e-commerce merchants, marketplaces, and shippers, delivered through brands like ShipStation, Stamps.com, Metapack, ShipEngine, and Packlink. Its platform covers label creation, rate shopping, order management, tracking, returns, and APIs, with integrations to carriers and marketplaces such as USPS, UPS, Amazon, Shopify, and eBay; revenue comes from subscriptions and postage services. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Auctane is owned by private-equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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