Data Build Tool / Airflow Architect
Reference number: PL25/IC/DBTAIRFLOWARCHITECT/REMOTE
In Cyclad, we work with top international IT companies in order to boost their potential in delivering outstanding, cutting-edge technologies that shape the world of the future. We are looking for an experienced DBT + Airflow Architect to join a global engineering team and lead the migration of ETL processes from Informatica PowerCenter to a modern on-premise Airflow + dbt ecosystem. This is a senior/expert-level position for someone who can take full architectural ownership of data pipelines, define standards, and shape the future-state ETL platform for one of the world's leading financial institutions.
Project information:
- Type of project: Banking
- Office location: Wrocław
- Work mode: 100% Remote
- Budget: 170 - 190 net/ hour - b2b
- Project length: long-term
- Only candidates with citizenship in the European Union and residence in Poland
- Start date: ASAP (depending on the candidate's availability)
Project scope:
- Define and own the architecture for the Airflow + dbt on-prem platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and best practices
- Lead the migration of legacy PowerCenter workflows into a modern, modular ETL/ELT framework
- Design and supervise the development of dbt models, Airflow DAGs, and orchestration logic
- Create architectural guidelines, coding standards, and governance frameworks
- Build and refine ETL frameworks, ensuring quality, stability, and maintainability
- Collaborate closely with global engineering, infrastructure, and security teams
- Apply Infrastructure-as-Code principles with Terraform, Docker, OCI
- Drive technical excellence and proactively propose architectural improvements
- Ensure security, compliance, and resilience across the entire data platform
Requirements:
- Minimum8 years of experience, including 8 years of hands-on with dbt
- Expert knowledge of Apache Airflow, dbt, ETL/ELT patterns, and orchestration
- Very strong skills in SQL and performance optimization
- Practical experience with HashiCorp Terraform, Docker, IaC, automation and DevOps principles
- Knowledge of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Strong experience in designing and implementing ETL frameworks
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- (Nice to have) Experience with Informatica PowerCenter
We offer:
- B2B contract: 170-190 PLN/h net
- 100% remote work from Poland
- Long-term collaboration within a strategic transformation program in global banking
- Benefits package: private medical care, Multisport card, life insurance
- Opportunity to shape the target architecture of a key bank-wide data platform