Principal Data Engineer

Why join Safeguard Global ? 👀 We want to help you “work inanyway ”—that meansmakingtimefor family,commitments,and life outsideof workso that you can have the best of both worlds. When you own what you do and are driven to deliver, you have the flexibility to decide where andhowyou work.🚀 Ourrolesaren’tjust remoteandhybridfirst—they break free from the traditional ways of doing things,pavinga wayfora jobthatworks foryou. ✅ How You Will Make a Difference - Lead the architecture and evolution of our data platform, shaping how data is ingested, modelled, governed, and consumed across the business - Own data architecture and schema design — making structural decisions that serve AI products, analytics, and operational consumers over time - Set technical direction for the data engineering team, establishing standards for quality, reliability, and production readiness - Drive data governance at an engineering level — data quality, lineage, ownership, and cataloguing - Build data infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments - Partner with the AI engineering team to ensure the data platform is AI-ready: clean, structured, and consumable at scale - Mentor and develop data engineers, building a team capability that is durable and not person-dependent - Contribute to strategic technical decisions and work closely with the Head of AI on platform direction What will make you stand out: - Significant experience in data engineering or data platform roles - Proven experience with Apache Iceberg or equivalent modern table formats in production environments - Strong expertise indbtfor building and maintaining transformation layers at scale - Hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Athena, and related tooling) - Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform - Deep capability in data architecture and schema design across complex, multi-domain environments - Track record of leading a data engineering team or function and raising the technical bar - Ability to influence technical direction across teams without direct authority Nice to Have: - Experience building data platforms that serve AI or ML workloads - Familiarity with data cataloguing and governance tooling - Background in compliance-heavy or multi-jurisdictional data environments (payroll, HR, finance, or similar) - Experience with event-driven or streaming data architectures We are hiring this position across multiple countries; compensation varies by hiring location. For target markets located within the European Union (EU), base salaries start from (Gross): Spain: €89,000 Portugal: €89,000 We are committed to pay transparency and equal pay for equal work at Safeguard Global . Compensation decisions are based on objective criteria including skills, experience, scope of responsibility, and market benchmarking, in line with internal salary structures. Who we are and what we do:   Safeguard Global is….global! With offices worldwideand a workforce in50+ counties, weenable global expansion without the risk by helping1,500+ customerstohire,manage, andpaytheiremployees innearly 190countries.It'sall about people! Join us to meet diversefolks, explore new cultures, and connect with amazingtalentfrom around the globe.🌎 Our Global Benefits: 👨 ‍ 💻 Autonomy and Flexibility (work in any way): Remote first, with the flexibility to include life needs like school runs and gym breaks in your schedule,all whilemaintaininga high standard of work. - 🌴 Generous leave: Enjoy a competitive leave package including paid bonding leaves for new additions to your family    - 🎁 Make a difference: Get 2 paid charitable days off to contribute to causes you believe in - 💰 Corporate bonus/SIP: All Guardians are eligible for our annual bonus scheme or sales incentive plan.  - ✈ ️ International environment: Grow your network internationally and collaborate across the world. Intera