Data Engineer - freelance 12 months (AI Team)

Location: Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy, Cagliari, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Italy

Department: Technology

Workplace: remote

Employment Type: contract

Description

Who we are:

We are a rapidly growing pan-European digital wealth manager, serving over 167,000 active investors with more than £5.5 billion invested on our platform. We began in Milan in 2011 with the purpose to help more people improve their financial well-being by making personal investing simple and accessible through technology. Fast forward to today, and we are recognised as one of the most innovative fintechs, headquartered in the heart of London.

With a team of 220+ people across 4 offices in Italy and the UK, we are proudly backed and funded by major partners including Poste Italiane, Cabot Square Capital, United Ventures, and Allianz.

We are looking for a talented Freelance Mid-Senior Data Engineer to support our AI Operational Efficiency stream.

In this role, you won't just maintain pipelines; you will be a true "builder" with a smart, proactive attitude, capable of bridging the gap between a Modern Data Stack and cutting-edge GenAI applications. You will play a key role in driving operational efficiency through data and AI-driven automation.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines to power our AI operational initiatives.
• Implement and manage data flows tailored for agentic workflows and LLM interactions.
• Maintain and evolve our data infrastructure, ensuring high data quality and availability.
• Partner with the AI team to deploy smart, efficient, and automated solutions.

Requirements

• Technical Requirements:
• Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering and scripting.
• Solid experience with DBT for data transformation and modeling.
• Hands-on experience with orchestration tools, specifically Airflow.
• Deep knowledge of Amazon Redshift or equivalent Modern Data Stack technologies (Snowflake, BigQuery, etc.).
• Familiarity with agentic workflows and building architectures that interact with LLMs (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG patterns).
• Mindset:
• "Builder" Mentality: You love creating, optimizing, and taking ownership of technical solutions from scratch.
• Smart & Resourceful: Fast learner, adaptable, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
• Freelance direct contract - 12 months

For this role, please upload your CV in English.