Data Engineer

Role Overview

CitySwift is looking for a Data Engineer to join their rapidly growing team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in building and evolving CitySwift’s core data processing engine. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, developing and refining automated data cleaning and validation logic, and optimizing core data processing pipelines.

What You Will Do

Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, develop and refine automated data cleaning and validation logic, optimize core data processing pipelines, and collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and product teams.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The role offers real scope, visible impact, and career progression opportunities as the company scales and internationalises. The company values, recognises, and rewards its people with comprehensive health and life insurance, flexible working, annual leave, and enhanced family leave.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a closely related field
• Experience designing, developing, or maintaining data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, or data-driven systems
• Solid understanding of data modeling, data warehousing concepts, and data quality principles
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
• Advanced SQL capabilities with deep experience in data modeling, query performance tuning, and schema design across relational, NoSQL, and cloud data warehouses
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java
• Familiarity with modern data technologies (e.g., Spark, Airflow, dbt, Kafka, or similar) is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team
• Good communication skills and a willingness to learn, ask questions, and grow within the role

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and life insurance
• Flexible working with hybrid working as the default in Ireland
• Core hours of 10am to 4pm, remote options depending on role
• Work abroad programme of up to 6 weeks
• 25 days annual leave from day one, increasing by half a day per year of service
• Paid sick leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Wellbeing supports
• Employee referral programme with rewards of up to €4,000 (or equivalent) per referral
• Matching pension scheme that increases with service
• Enhanced family leave, including 6 months fully paid maternity leave and 3 weeks paid paternity leave after 18 months’ service