Agile Lab is a company founded in 2014 with the mission to create value for its customers in data-intensive environments through customisable solutions that establish performance-driven processes, sustainable architectures and automated platforms based on data governance best practices.
Having delivered over 100 successful Elite Data Engineering initiatives, we have used this experience to create Witboost: a modular, technology-agnostic platform that enables modern organisations to discover, value and produce their data in both traditional environments and fully compliant Data Mesh architectures.
With a highly skilled team of over 130 data engineers based in Europe, Agile Lab helps organisations with their data-driven transformation.
Take a look at our handbook to discover our core values and processes.
We are looking to hire a talented Staff Engineer to develop and manage our Big Data solutions. In this role, you will be required to design and implement Big Data tools and frameworks, data-intensive applications, and cloud platforms. To ensure success as a Big Data Engineer, you should have in-depth knowledge of distributed computing technologies and top problem-solving skills.
Salary: 62.5K - 72.5K + up to 8K bonus
Responsibilities
Analyzes, designs, and implements complex systems
Challenges the team processes, looking for ways to improve
Mentors junior engineers via pairing, design, and code review
Builds software solutions by adhering to our quality standards about SDLC
Makes active efforts to stay up‑to‑date with technologies
Leads the technical design of complex systems
Understands and optimizes system performances
Takes the initiative to fix issues before they become a problem
Delivers complex systems, well‑baked, and almost bug‑free
Proactively Identifies problems with requirements and project plan
Go to expert in one technological area
Research and propose new technologies
Detect possible performance bottlenecks
Known for drama‑free launches
Can jump into an old project and fix it
Consistently influence technical and business roadmap of services/products/projects
Proactively identify and tackle tech debt
Communicate with self‑awareness
When is proposing something, at any level, is doing it in written form and providing the propoer context
Contributes to the career development of others
Sought out for technical guidance and seen as a resource by others
A record of creating sweeping improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business‑critical systems
Able to discuss at the same level with tech‑vendor engineering teams
Capable of debugging the hairiest problems that the team encounters
Jumps into most of problems ( tech& biz ) and resolves them
Remove roadblocks for multipleprojects/products
Able to act with full autonomy based on a strategy and not on a work plan
Has made a huge positive impact on the entire company's technical/business trajectory.
Identifies improvement tech areas for the organization
Care about the efficiency of the company, introducing new practices, processes and standards
Listens and guides debates to help reach a consensus; once a decision is made, clearly communicates and backs that decision.
Sets short to medium‑term strategic technical or operative direction, able to look ahead 6‑12 months and identify the areas of greatest need and create plans to improve them.
Clearly communicates its technical vision and helps teams and stakeholders to follow it
Proactively identifies lacks of clarity in the overall strategy and communicates them properly.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science
7+ years of experience in the field
In-depth knowledge of Hadoop, Spark, and similar frameworks
In-depth knowledge of programming languages including Java and Scala
Expert in cloud‑native technologies, IaC, and Docker tools
Excellent project management skills
Excellent communication skills
Proactivity
Business and functional understanding
Team Player
Ability to solve complex networking, data, and software issues
Leadership capabilities
We offer
Full Remote or hybrid working in our offices: Milan, Turin, Padua, Bologna, Catania and Rende;
Real work life balance;
Training monthly budget (time and money);
A structured career path with clear expectations and salary for each level;
Support of a buddy, as a guide in choosing the most suitable experiences for your ambitions;
Benefits and corporate welfare programs: company prizes and welcome pack with all the equipment you need to work;
Lavoro da remoto Plus experience: opportunity to work for 2 weeks abroad
Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you;
The opportunity to attend one conference per year;
Inclusive environment where you can be who you really are;
Stimulating environment oriented to growth, both professional and personal.
How we work
We don't like hierarchies: we work as a team;
We don't like bureaucracies, we prefer sense of responsibility;
We like data, certainly, so anything that is measurable;
We want to make a positive change in our industry;
Empathy, humility, collaboration, and willingness to challenge ourselves are the basis of our work.
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