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Location: Barcelona | Type: Full-time
We're hiring—and we're doing it the Frekuent way. In a world where technology moves fast, we move with purpose. If you're ready to make your next big move and create something meaningful, you're in the right place.
Being part of our dream team isn't just about a job, it's about enjoying the frekuency. If you're ready to be part of this journey and grow together, join us and make a real impact.
Get to know us
Frekuent is a fast-growing company redefining the payment experience, helping businesses turn one-time buyers into lifetime clients through unique loyalty boosters. We believe that the secret to more sales is giving customers less: cashless, contactless and effortless payment solutions that transform the way businesses operate. With Frekuent, transactions happen in seconds, keeping customers coming back for seconds.
Want to know more? Check us out at www.frekuent.com.
At Frekuent, we’re not just building payment solutions — we’re creating seamless experiences that move businesses and customers forward.As a Senior Data Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building the foundations of our data infrastructure and pipelines. You’ll work closely with our fast-growing Data team to design and implement scalable solutions that power our products, operations and clients. You’ll have a real impact from day one.
Help define and implement our data warehouse and data modeling layer.
Build, test, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines (ETL and ELT) from internal and external data sources.
Set up monitoring, documentation, and quality checks to ensure data reliability and observability.
Collaborate with Analytics, Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate them into well-structured data models.
Assist in building automated workflows that enable AI use cases, leveraging clean datasets, APIs, and lightweight services.
Contribute to a strong data culture, helping to establish best practices for data engineering and data modelling.
Mentor junior team members as the Data team grows
Occasionally support the creation or optimization of dashboards to validate data models or unlock critical business insights.
5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering or closely related roles.
Proficiency in SQL and Python and experience building and maintaining data models using tools like dbt.
Experience with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, BigQuery, Snowflake).
Familiarity with ELT tools such as Airflow, Fivetran, or Stitch.
Exposure to data visualization with tools like Power BI, Looker, or Tableau.
Exposure to AI driven automations or ML/LLM-based models
Familiarity with software engineering practices such as version control, automated testing, and CI/CD workflows.
Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment — proactive, hands-on, and ready to take ownership.
Proficiency in English and conversational Spanish.
Experience working with containerization tools like Docker is a plus.
Strong execution and problem-solving skills — you’re not afraid to tackle challenges head-on.
Takes accountability and consistently owns the outcome throughout the process.
Embraces feedback as an opportunity for growth.
Naturally proactive, always looking for ways to move projects forward.
Comfortable speaking up and proposing bold, creative ideas that add value.
🌍 A hybrid model that works – Enjoy the energy of our office 3 days a week and the flexibility of working remotely the other 2.
⏰ Flexible schedule – because we trust you to own your time and your outcomes.
🍽️ Meal vouchers – Enjoy a monthly support of meal vouchers to make your workdays tastier.
🩺 Health & wellness – private health insurance and discounted gym memberships to keep both body and mind in top shape.
📚 Learning & development – English classes and role-specific training, because your growth is part of our journey.
🌴 23 days of paid time off – plus local holidays, because great ideas need space to rest.
🚀 A dynamic, fast-growing environment – where each day is unique and every idea counts.
🤝 A collaborative mindset – surrounded by people who genuinely enjoy building together.
🎉 Regular afterwork & teambuilding events – activities to relax, connect, and strengthen team bonds.
At Frekuent, we believe our success is built on our people. We’re a team of non-conformists, committed and solution-driven individuals, who know that infinity is the limit when it comes to innovation. With plenty of room for personal and professional development, we value creativity, ownership, and collaboration — all driven by a strong culture that fuels our growth.
Be authentic isn’t just a value, it’s our belief that embracing who we are and appreciating diverse backgrounds, experiences and opinions is what truly enriches us.
If you're ready to jump into an exciting environment and make a real difference, this is the place for you.
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