Senior Data Engineer (m/f/d)

The central Business Intelligence team builds and maintains the SIXT Data Platform and its Data Catalogue, servicing thousands of users at a global scale. Our main product, the SIXT Data shop, collects tens of millions of events daily, processes them according to our consumer’s needs, and serves them via a toolbox ranging from self-service batch processes to real-time ML model endpoints. Our main challenges currently include better automation of our operations, increased self-service capabilities (for ingestion, ETLs, and distribution), and enabling new use-cases for our customers. Our team, which consists of 20 team members (Data Engineers and Business Intelligence Engineers), is hands-on and constantly dives into the latest technology releases. SIXT stands for success, agility, ownership, and an intercultural team. Apply now, join our journey and become a part of the SIXT family.

YOUR ROLE AT SIXT

• You develop the end-to-end automation of data pipelines to make ingestion, transformation, and distribution of data more efficient and self-service for our users
• You explore and learn the latest AWS and big data technologies to uncover hidden use-cases, enable new capabilities, and build new integrations for our SIXT Data shop product
• You interact with Data Engineers, BI Analysts and Data Scientists to find the best solutions for different analytical use cases (Dashboarding, ad hoc Analytics, Data-as-a-product, Machine Learning)
• You contribute to the Data Platform vision and execution with experience, new ideas, and your own curiosity
• You show extreme work ethics and integrity to deal with sensitive data while protecting our end-customer

YOUR SKILLS MATTER

• Education: You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related fields preferred
• Data Architecture Expertise: You have got experience with combined Data Lake and Data Warehouse architectures and automation from data sources to analytical dashboards with ELT
• Cloud Data Warehousing: You are experienced in analytical cloud datawarehouses (Redshift, Snowflake) & you know how to create transformed data models (dbt) and to automate interdependent jobs (Apache Airflow)
• AWS Proficiency: You are experienced in working with AWS services in CLI and Console (S3, EC2, EMR, Lambda, Kinesis, IAM...) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Engineering Excellence: You work with engineering best practices across the development lifecycle, including agile methodologies, code reviews, source management (GitHub), deployment processes (Jenkins), testing, operations, etc. and you also have got an understanding of data management fundamentals, distributed systems, and data storage/compute principles
• Programming Fluency: Knowing Python and SQL is a must

WHAT WE OFFER

• A Global Tech Hub in Lisbon Join a thriving international tech community and work alongside engineers, product experts, and business teams who turn ideas into real impact. Our hubs at Factory Lisboa in Beato and ARTs Lisboa in Parque das Nações are where great tech gets built

• Learning & Knowledge Exchange Level up through regular events with internal and external speakers. We value curiosity, continuous learning, and open exchange – across teams, disciplines, and borders

• Flexible Work Setup Two office days a week, flexible hours, and modern spaces built for both deep focus and team collaboration – work the way that brings out your best

• Time Off & Wellbeing Enjoy 28 vacation days per year, an additional day off on your birthday, one volunteer day annually, and private health insurance that also covers your spouse and children free of charge

• Practical Everyday Benefits Get a yearly Coverflex allowance and a daily meal allowance to make everyday life a little easier

• SIXT Perks Get exclusive rates on all SIXT services, with special discounts extended to your family and friends. Because great perks are even better when you can share them

About us:

We are a globally leading mobility service provider with a revenue of €4.00 billion and around 9,000 employees worldwide. Our mobility platform ONE combines our products SIXT rent (car rental), SIXT share (car sharing), SIXT ride (taxi, ride, and chauffeur services), and SIXT+ (car subscription), giving our customers access to our fleet of 350,000 vehicles, the services of 4,000 cooperation partners, and around 5 million drivers worldwide. Together with our franchise partners, we are present in more than 110 countries at 2,000 rental stations. At SIXT, top-tier customer experience and outstanding customer service are our highest priorities. We believe in true entrepreneurship and long-term stability and align our corporate strategy with foresight. Get started with us and apply now!