Smartcat

data engineer for AI-native data platforms

In short

Senior Data Engineer role at Smartcat, an AI-powered content localization SaaS platform, to build and evolve a cloud-native, AI-first data platform, transitioning batch pipelines to streaming and creating AI-ready data products. Requires 6+ years in Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering, hands-on experience with Databricks, dbt, Airflow, Python, SQL, and data governance/orchestration, plus an AI-first mindset for accelerating engineering work. Remote position based in Serbia.

О компании
Smartcat provides an AI-powered platform that enables enterprise teams to create, translate, and localize global content at scale. Its platform combines generative AI, human-in-the-loop workflows, and an Enterprise Skill Graph to turn knowledge into action and scale.
Задачи
•Evolve the data architecture into a scalable, cloud-native, AI-first platform, transitioning batch-oriented pipelines to near real-time and streaming systems
•Improve reliability, observability, governance, and performance across the data stack, and establish engineering standards and best practices
•Build AI-ready data products for AI agents, analytics systems, and business users, including semantic layers and metadata management
•Use AI to accelerate development, testing, documentation, monitoring, and operational workflows
•Design systems that let AI agents safely query, understand, and act on business data
•Improve business intelligence and data accessibility, enabling self-service analytics for non-technical stakeholders without sacrificing governance or quality
•Mentor colleagues and raise engineering standards through code reviews, architecture leadership, and knowledge sharing across Data and Analytics Engineering
•Learn the current data architecture, greenfield cloud platform build, and transition plan from batch to streaming
•Meet partners across Data, Product, Engineering, GTM, and AI teams to understand pain points and priorities
•Contribute to the Next Generation Data Platform build through a pipeline, streaming component, or data product
•Identify and apply an AI-powered workflow to accelerate engineering work
•Shape a semantic layer, metadata structure, or data product for AI-agent or business-user consumption
•Own a defined piece of architecture or a data product end-to-end, improving reliability, observability, or time-to-insight
•Document measurable productivity gains from AI adoption in the engineering workflow
Требования
•6+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or a related field
•Proven track record designing and operating modern cloud data platforms
•Experience working effectively with technical and business stakeholders
•Ability to lead complex projects from design through delivery
•Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, dbt, Airflow, Python for data engineering, SQL, data modeling, data warehousing architectures, data quality frameworks, data governance, and data orchestration and integration
•Experience with streaming architectures, event-driven systems, business intelligence platforms, product analytics platforms, and CRM/customer data platforms
•AI-first mindset, including AI-powered development workflows, automation of repetitive engineering tasks, and using AI for debugging, testing, architecture exploration, and documentation; evidence of measurable productivity gains through AI adoption
Будет плюсом
•Experience building AI-native data products, semantic layers, RAG systems, vector databases, knowledge graphs, or enabling AI agents to consume operational business data
Условия
•Локация: Сербия

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