Lead Data Engineer - Data Migration & Lakehouse
Squer Solutions GmbH28 days ago
Munich, GermanyStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead large-scale migrations from legacy SQL, ERP, and mainframe systems into modern cloud and lakehouse targets.
- Design and implement pipelines using Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, and Databricks Asset Bundles.
- Own data modeling, schema mapping, and reconciliation across heterogeneous systems.
- Lead discovery and assessment activities, including documentation reviews, SME interviews, gap analyses, and requirements definition.
- Establish data quality frameworks and automated validation as team standards.
- Identify and communicate documentation gaps, structural mismatches, and other migration risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Represent SQUER confidently in stakeholder interactions and take full technical responsibility for migration delivery.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of data engineering experience, including independently led large-scale legacy-to-cloud or lakehouse migrations.
- Hands-on mastery of Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Lakeflow Declarative Pipelines, and Databricks Asset Bundles.
- Strong data modeling and schema-mapping experience across heterogeneous systems, including mainframes and legacy ERPs.
- End-to-end discovery and assessment experience, including SME interviews, gap identification, and translating ambiguity into technical requirements.
- Practical experience with data quality frameworks and automated validation, such as Great Expectations, dbt tests, or custom reconciliation tooling.
- Ability to explain complex topics and surface risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfort using AI- and LLM-assisted tooling in data pipeline contexts.
- Experience with undocumented COBOL or mainframe systems, EDI, proprietary ERPs, metadata or data catalog tooling, agentic AI, or LLM-based schema matching and entity-resolution tools is preferred.
Benefits
- €5,000 annual training budget, Leadership Academy access, and up to 40 hours per year of additional education leave.
- Hybrid work, flexible hours, EU workations, and additional vacation days.
- Preferred hardware configuration and AI tool licenses including Anthropic and OpenAI.
- Central office near Ostbahnhof with meal vouchers, EGYM Wellpass, free Deutschland-Ticket, JobRad, referral bonuses, Corporate Benefits, and Pluxee gifts.
- Meetups, hackathons, training sessions, team events, and an annual SQUER offsite.
- Annual gross salary of €81,000–€103,000, with placement based on assessed seniority.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Squer Solutions GmbH
Squer Solutions GmbH is a Vienna-based software engineering and consulting firm that builds custom digital products and scalable platform solutions for clients via agile delivery. Services include end-to-end product development, cloud and platform engineering, security, DevOps, and agile enablement with team upskilling. Founded in 2019 and independently owned, it works as a services partner across IT and fintech, helping organizations implement and evolve software systems.