Hiflylabs

Senior Data Engineer

Hiflylabs  •  Budapest, HU (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description

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Hiflylabs is a Budapest-based company. We have 250+ employees at this moment and we are constantly thriving. Our application development team and business intelligence experts work to provide effective solutions to business problems.

Our professional team has proved its expertise through 10 years of experience, participating in multiple Business Intelligence projects - both Hungarian and international - in various industries, such as the financial, telecommunication and energy sectors.

We deliver a wide portfolio of innovative business solutions that include Data Warehouses, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics. In the last few years we have acquired a high level of competence in Application Development.

Hiflylabs is committed to innovation, and encourages the realization of innovative initiatives in the form of independent startups.

Get an insight on how we work and check out our Website, LinkedIn page and YouTube channel!

Responsibilities

  • Understanding and aligning with business needs, identifying related data requirements
  • Participating in technical pre-sales activities, including effort estimation, and proposal creation
  • Architecting and planning robust data models and modern data platforms.
  • Acting as the senior technical lead for the development of cloud data solutions, with a focus on lakehouse architectures
  • Planning and leading testing activities
  • Leading and mentoring project teams (3-6 members)

Qualifications

Requirements

  • 5+ years of data engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with Databricks/Snowflake/Azure/AWS-based data platforms
  • Proficiency in assessing business logic, proposal submission, and time estimation
  • 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership or team lead role, guiding data warehouse/lakehouse migration or development projects
  • Project experience from a consultancy background
  • Customer-oriented approach
  • Strong communication skills and proactivity
  • Professional working proficiency in both English and Hungarian (written and spoken)
  • Problem-solving skills, creativity

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with legacy on-premise platforms (Oracle, MSSQL)
  • Experience in international projects

Additional Information

Why us?

  • Diverse projects In each assignment there is always something new either on the technical or on the business side that helps you grow.
  • Cutting edge technology You will work with many of the most up-to-date technologies and tools.
  • Strong and motivating team We stress the importance of working together in tight-knit, cohesive teams in which members help each other to reach the common goal.
  • Work-life balance We help you to feel good individually as well, and coordinate work so as it should align with your leisure activities.
  • Professional development There are team gatherings on a regular schedule where colleagues can share their knowledge, and have deep technical discussions.
  • Focus on company culture In addition to our business and professional achievements we are proud of the social bonding in the company, which is based on mutual respect and helping one another.
  • Personal mentoring You will have your own mentor (just like everybody at Hiflylabs) who you can turn to with professional issues as well as with personal ones.
Hiflylabs

About Hiflylabs

We are Hifly—a lab of high-flyers turning data and AI into competitive advantage.

What started as a small data mining company in 2015 grew into a team of 250+ experts with offices in Budapest, Vienna, and London. We've delivered 600+ projects across three continents and we're among the FT1000 fastest-growing companies in Europe. Our focus? Putting people first and making them fly. Clients and colleagues alike.

We make data, AI, and digital products work.

Enterprises partner with us to turn data into decisions, AI into ROI, and pilots into production. We serve clients like Accenture, Continental, Bosch, Levi's, T-Mobile, General Electric, DB Schenker, ExxonMobil, Mercedes-Benz, Vodafone, and more. See their success stories: https://hiflylabs.com/case-study

Why partners choose us:

We bring AI and data expertise from before the hype with a vendor-agnostic, hands-on approach. PoC-to-production in weeks, not months. Reusable frameworks for faster scaling. Knowledge transfer in every engagement. As Cirkul's VP put it: our data engineers are "some of the best in the past decade."

What makes us different:

We're one of the few companies globally with 2 Databricks MVPs and a seat on Databricks' Product Advisory Board. As early adopters of Databricks Apps, we bring unique production-proven expertise. Our team holds 100+ certifications and we're a Select Partner for Databricks, AWS, and Snowflake, an Azure Gold Partner (Data & Analytics), and a Google Cloud Certified Partner.

Our expertise: Data science | Agentic AI integration | Automation | Data engineering | Cloud migration | Digital product development through Appic by Hiflylabs

Our people are our strength. We grow through mentoring, knowledge-sharing, and a culture where honest feedback matters.

Visit hiflylabs.com or let's talk: https://hiflylabs.com/contact

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Budapest, HU
Year Founded
2015
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