Data Engineer (AI)

Location: Kraków, Poland; hybrid work combining home and office work

Salary: 15,000–26,000 PLN gross per month on an employment contract

Company

hirify.global is a large home improvement group operating brands including Castorama, B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt and Koçtaş.

What you will do

• Design, build, test and maintain reliable, scalable, production-ready data pipelines and data solutions.
• Develop and optimise data processing workflows across cloud platforms, including data ingestion, transformation, storage and processing.
• Contribute to CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, observability, data quality and governance.
• Investigate pipeline and data issues, identify root causes and implement improvements.
• Explore practical AI applications for data quality, pipeline monitoring, anomaly detection, automated testing and engineering efficiency.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Software Engineers, Product teams, Architects and stakeholders through technical discussions, code reviews and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Good problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to investigate technical and data-related issues.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with Spark, PySpark or Scala and with production data pipelines and processing solutions.
• Understanding of data modelling, storage, transformation, processing, and batch, streaming and event-driven patterns.
• Experience with DBT or similar data modelling and transformation tools.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as GCP, Azure or AWS, and modern services such as Databricks, BigQuery or Azure Data Factory.
• Experience with DevOps and DataOps practices, including CI/CD, Git and Infrastructure as Code.
• Understanding of data quality, automated testing, monitoring, and scalable, reliable and observable data solutions.
• Ability to collaborate in cross-functional engineering teams and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders; willingness to continuously improve technical knowledge and engineering practices.
• Excellent command of English, written and spoken.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and flexible working environment with home-office and Kraków office options.
• Private medical healthcare, including dental care, for employees and families; child insurance and employer-funded life insurance.
• Medicover sports card, public transport co-financing in Kraków, parking spaces and transport discounts.
• Language and accounting courses, LinkedIn Learning, and possible co-financing for studies and certifications.
• Training and Buddy programme, wellbeing programme, employee referral programme and opportunity for an annual bonus aligned with the role level.