Technical Lead – Azure Data & Cloud Architecture

Location: Lisbon, Portugal; hybrid

Company

hirify.global is hiring for its Software Engineering department to lead cloud-based data architecture and technical delivery.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of complex, scalable, and secure data solutions.
• Define architecture across data platforms, event-driven systems, APIs, and integration solutions using Azure and Databricks.
• Conduct architecture reviews and enforce engineering, security, observability, reliability, and operational standards.
• Oversee data governance, cloud cost optimization, technical risk, infrastructure changes, and the technical debt backlog.
• Maintain technical documentation and collaborate with international cross-functional teams to support delivery quality and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Up to 10 years of experience in the relevant platform, programming language, technology, or framework, as defined by project requirements.
• Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong hands-on experience designing complex technical solutions and working with application-supporting technologies.
• Knowledge of data architecture, event-driven systems, APIs, and integration patterns, including Lakehouse and Medallion architectures, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Event Hubs, CDC, streaming pipelines, REST APIs, asynchronous APIs, and event-driven APIs.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure technologies, including Azure Event Hubs, Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Storage, and Azure Key Vault.
• Experience with GitHub and collaborative development practices.
• Knowledge of architecture governance, observability, cloud cost management, security, and data governance.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, communication, problem-solving, collaboration, delivery-quality, and continuous-improvement skills.
• English is mandatory in written and spoken communication.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Data Products, Data Mesh, Terraform, Agile methodologies, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Experience with complex or strategic projects.
• Knowledge of the Energy & Utilities sector and GDPR.
• Spanish language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Collaboration with international, cross-functional teams.
• Culture focused on knowledge sharing, accountability, delivery quality, and continuous improvement.
• Equal employment opportunity regardless of gender, identity, orientation, marital status, race, nationality, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, or other factors.