Azure Lead Data Engineer

Criteo

Criteo

Data Science
Barcelona, Spain
Posted on May 9, 2025

What You'll Do:

We are looking for an experienced Azure Lead Data Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be proficient in data platform architecture patterns and have extensive experience with Azure Data services. This role involves designing and building data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and implementing scalable data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Data Exploration: Collaborate with Product Owners in early stages of the business requirements maturation performing required data exploration.

  • Data Platform Design: Collaborate with Tech Lead and Data Architect in the design and extensions of the Data Platform foundations ensuring robust data architectures that supports our roadmap.

  • Scalable Data Pipelines Design and Build: Ingest, transform, and publish data from various sources to destinations within the existing data platform.

  • Data Analysis: Perform data analysis required to troubleshoot data-related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues.

  • Team Management and Mentorship: Work with Data Engineers, providing guidance, reviewing their work, and ensuring best practices are followed. Foster a collaborative and innovative team environment.

  • Innovative Solutions: Offer smart and innovative solutions while ensuring cost efficiency, privacy, security, and compliance.

Who You Are:

  • Proficiency in Azure Services: Extensive experience with Azure Data services: Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Function, Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Key Vault, among others

  • Azure Databricks Expertise: Proven skills in building scalable Databricks solutions.

  • Data Literacy: Strong familiarity with data literacy and data platform architecture patterns.

  • Analytical Skills: Ability to perform data analysis and troubleshoot data-related issues.

  • Team Collaboration: Excellent collaboration skills to work effectively within a global team, and with near-shore and off-shore teams.

  • Agile methodology: Strong experience working with Agile frameworks

We acknowledge that many candidates may not meet every single role requirement listed above. If your experience looks a little different from our requirements but you believe that you can still bring value to the role, we’d love to see your application!​

Who We Are:

Criteo is the global commerce media company that enables marketers and media owners to deliver richer consumer experiences and drive better commerce outcomes through its industry leading Commerce Media Platform.

At Criteo, our culture is as unique as it is diverse. From our offices around the world or from home, our incredible team of 3,600 Criteos collaborates to develop an open and inclusive environment. We seek to ensure that all of our workers are treated equally, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on race, gender identity, gender, sexual orientation, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, political opinion, pregnancy, migrant status, ethnicity, marital or family status, or other protected characteristics at all stages of the employment lifecycle including how we attract and recruit, through promotions, pay decisions, benefits, career progression and development. We aim to ensure employment decisions and actions are based solely on business-related considerations and not on protected characteristics. As outlined in our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, we strictly forbid any kind of discrimination, harassment, mistreatment or bullying towards colleagues, clients, suppliers, stakeholders, shareholders, or any visitors of Criteo. All of this supports us in our mission to power the world’s marketers with trusted and impactful advertising encouraging discovery, innovation and choice in an open internet.

Why Join Us:

At Criteo, we take pride in being a caring culture and are committed to providing our employees with valuable benefits that support their physical, emotional and financial wellbeing, their interests and the important life events. We aim to create a place where people can grow and learn from each other while having a meaningful impact. We want to set you up for success in your job, and an important part of that includes comprehensive perks & benefits. Benefits may vary depending on the country where you work and the nature of your employment with Criteo. When determining compensation, we carefully consider a wide range of job-related factors, including experience, knowledge, skills, education, and location. These factors can cause your compensation to vary.