Senior Data Engineer

IMI plc

We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.

We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport.

Our partnership approach breaks through problems and reduces complexity. We don’t invent in isolation – we collaborate with our customers. We listen closely and we think differently, creating space for diverse minds to innovate. We are working together to make businesses safer, more sustainable and more productive.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a code-first Senior Data Engineer. While you will play a key role in designing our data architecture, your primary job is to build it.

You will spend your days writing high-performance Python and SQL, building robust ETL/ELT pipelines, and automating infrastructure deployment. We need someone who treats data pipelines as software products, applying version control, testing, and CI/CD rigor to our data ecosystem.

Looking ahead, you will be instrumental in building the data foundations for Agentic AI. You will design the infrastructure that allows future AI agents to access, understand, and act upon our enterprise data, moving us from static reporting to intelligent automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop Data Pipelines: Write production-grade Python (PySpark) and SQL code to ingest, clean, and transform data from JDE (ERP) and IoT systems. You are not just using drag-and-drop tools; you are writing custom transformation logic.
• Infrastructure Scripting (IaC): You will not manually click through the Azure Portal. You will write Terraform/Bicep or similar scripts to define and deploy your data resources (Data Factory, ADLS, Databricks) in a reproducible way.
• Performance Optimization: You will troubleshoot slow-running queries and pipelines. You understand how to read a Spark execution plan or a SQL Query Plan to fix bottlenecks and handle data skew.
• Code Quality & Automation: Implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub) to automate testing and deployment. You will enforce coding standards (linting, unit testing) and conduct code reviews for the team.
• Data Modeling: Implement physical data models in the Data Warehouse to ensure efficient storage and fast retrieval.
• AI-Ready Infrastructure: Design and build the "serving layer" for future AI applications. This includes preparing unstructured data, managing metadata context, and setting up the architecture to support Agentic AI.

The Tech Stack

We are looking for strong engineering fundamentals. If you are an expert in AWS or GCP and willing to cross-train to Azure, we want you.

• Programming:
• Python: Advanced (Pandas, PySpark, API integration).
• SQL: Expert (T-SQL, complex joins, window functions, stored procedures).
• Transformation: Familiarity with dbt (data build tool) for managing SQL transformation workflows is a strong plus.
• Cloud Data Platforms:
• Experience with Azure Synapse / Data Factory / Databricks OR equivalent in AWS (Glue, Redshift, EMR) / GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow).
• Data Governance & AI Readiness:
• Experience with Data Catalogs (Microsoft Purview, DataHub, or Alation) to automate data lineage and discovery is a strong plus.
• Interest in Vector Stores and preparing data infrastructure for Agentic AI contexts.
• DevOps & Tools:
• Git: Branching strategies, Pull Requests.
• IaC: Bicep/Terraform/CloudFormation.
• CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.

Critical Competencies

• Developer Mindset: You prefer automating a task via script over doing it manually twice. You care about clean, readable, and reusable code.
• Seniority: You have 5+ years of experience as a software developer in Data and can take a vague requirement ("We need sales data from JDE") and deliver a working, tested pipeline without constant supervision.
• Pragmatism: You know when to build a complex custom solution and when to keep it simple.
• Communication: You can explain your technical decisions to the team and collaborate with our Cloud Admins and Business Intelligence Analysts on infrastructure needs.
• Forward-Thinking: You understand that "Data Engineering" is evolving. You are excited about building the plumbing that enables AI, not just traditional BI.

Salary Proposed:

19000 - 25000 PLN Gross

Within this range, individual pay is determined based on skills, experience, and qualifications relative to the job requirements. Base pay information is aligned with market location and may be subject to prevailing wage laws, if applicable.

What We Offer:

·       Tremendous potential: Throughout our history, we have been at the forefront of innovation in the HVAC industry and offer industry-leading products to our customers

·       Appreciation, remuneration package and working environment: You will work in a friendly, recognised working environment with an attractive remuneration package. Our modern building, located equidistant from Katowice and Kraków, is easy to reach, and we offer parking

·       Flexible working hours and home office: After an initial integration phase requiring more on-site presence, we offer a good mix of home office and working from the office

·       Career development: With us, you can grow and expand your competencies

Benefit Package:

·       Private medical care

·       PPE

·       Company Social Benefits Fund

·       Group insurance

·       Medicover Sport

·       Co-financing of language learning and vocational training

Health & Safety

The physical demands described within the Key Duties & Responsibilities section of this job description are required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.  Please contact your local HR representative to discuss the specific Work Conditions and Physical Requirements of this role.  

Health, Safety, and Environmental Duties – At IMI, we are all personally committed to protecting our people, minimising our impact on the environment, the communities we operate in and our company. All members of our workforce have the duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of themselves, others, and the environment. Every employee is expected to follow all HSE operating procedures, also to challenge any observed behaviours or unsafe acts.

Code of Ethics

IMI requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, particularly with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and the authorities. In accordance with the IMI Way: Our Code of Responsible Business.

Changes to This Job Description

IMI may amend this job description in whole or in part at any time.

IMI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, colour, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.

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