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Data Scientist

On-site in Sant Cugat del Vallès·Added 9 months ago (last checked 9 Oct)

Agency
Marlex Recruiting

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Overview

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On-site, Sant Cugat del Vallès
Experience
5+ years

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Skills

This job advert was originally written in Spanish.

Requirements

What we're looking for

Technical requirements

Essential requirements

• More than 5 years of experience in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering.

• Advanced SQL.

• Solid experience in:

• Data Warehouse / Lakehouse

• Dimensional modeling

• ETL / ELT pipelines

Nice to have

Desirable

• Power BI (semantic model and datasets, not just visualization).

• Cloud stack (preferably Azure).

• Python, Spark, dbt, or equivalent tools.

• Experience preparing data for ML / AI use cases.

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The role

Design, lead, and evolve corporate data architecture, ensuring quality, scalability, and readiness for advanced analytics and AI. Act as the technical reference for the Data & BI area and work closely with the Data & BI lead, who owns the business vision and prioritization.

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What you'll do

Main responsibilities

Data Engineering and Architecture

• Design and maintain end-to-end data architecture (sources, ingestion, transformation, consumption).

• Define data models oriented to analytical consumption and data products, not just reporting.

• Evolve the Data Warehouse / Lakehouse toward a scalable and maintainable model.

• Establish modeling standards (dimensional, semantic layer, certified datasets).

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Automate data pipelines

• Design automated, robust, and observable data pipelines.

• Eliminate manual processes, ad-hoc scripts, and fragile dependencies.

• Implement error control, automatic retries, and alerting.

• Guarantee SLAs for data freshness, availability, and quality.

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Data quality and governance

• Define and implement data quality rules with automatic validations.

• Ensure traceability, lineage, and consistency of data.

• Collaborate on defining Data Contracts and standards for datasets.

• Actively participate in data governance alongside the Data & BI lead.

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Readiness for advanced analytics and AI

• Prepare datasets suitable for analytical models and machine learning (historical, granularity, features).

• Lead pilots for forecasting, scoring, or other predictive models of value.

• Establish the foundations of MLOps: versioning, reproducibility, and deployment to production.

• Facilitate the integration of analytical results into business processes.

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Technical leadership

Act as the technical reference for the Data team

• Raise the team's technical level through best practices and code reviews.

• Make technical decisions on the "how" (architecture, tools, patterns), aligned with the area's objectives.

• Collaborate in a structured way with BI, business stakeholders, and IT.

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Professional profile

• Product mindset, not just project-based.

• Ability to structure, prioritize, and simplify.

• Technical rigor with a pragmatic approach.

• Ability to identify and anticipate scalability issues.

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Role success indicators

• Data stability and reliability.

• Reduction of manual incidents and rework.

• Improved time-to-data.

• Team capacity to evolve beyond reporting.

• Technical foundation ready for data products and advanced analytics.

About Marlex Recruiting

Marlex Recruiting is a Spanish recruitment and staffing agency based in Girona, specializing in connecting companies with qualified professionals across various sectors, including industrial, engineering, IT, and commercial roles. With a strong presence in the Catalan region, Marlex provides both permanent and temporary staffing solutions, leveraging a deep understanding of the local job market to serve both clients and candidates effectively.

For international professionals, Marlex offers a gateway to opportunities in Spain, particularly in the dynamic industrial and tech hubs of Catalonia. The company's work culture is client-focused and results-driven, with a team of recruiters who are experienced in navigating the Spanish labor market. While Marlex primarily serves the local market, its services can be valuable for international candidates seeking employment in Spain, especially in the Girona and Barcelona areas.

Industry
Recruiting
Website
marlex.net

In their own words

About the company & team

Organizational relationship

• Reports to: Data & BI Lead

• Collaborates with: BI / Reporting, business stakeholders, IT / Systems

• Does not lead business prioritization; leads execution and technical design.

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