Senior Data Engineer
Pubblicato il 23-08-2026 - CARDO AI in Milano
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About Cardo AI
Since 2018, Cardo AI has been empowering banks, trustees, and investors with a platform that optimizes portfolios, streamlines transactions, and unlocks new growth opportunities. With over $40Bn in assets under management, our goal is to expand the Asset-Based Finance (ABF) market beyond $40Tn while fostering a future based on speed, confidence, and innovation. By combining automated workflows, comprehensive data, and AI-driven insights, we turn complexity into opportunity, helping clients stay ahead in an evolving market. Encina, Blackstone, and other top institutions trust Cardo AI to power their private credit strategies.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering team and support Cardo AI's rapid growth.
You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, performant data pipelines and data warehousing solutions. Your work will enable the AI algorithms and data science products that power our platform.
As a Senior Data Engineer at Cardo AI you will
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using Apache Spark and Airflow
- Optimize SQL queries running on Trino
- Lead large scale data lakehouse and analytics projects with high business impact
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers on data engineering best practices
- Collaborate closely with Data Science and Product teams to deliver robust data solutions
- Build and maintain automated data workflows and cloud infrastructure on AWS (S3, Glue, EKS)
- Evaluate new technologies and tools to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability of data systems
Required Skills
- Strong command of relational databases (Postgres) and advanced SQL with query performance tuning experience
- Extensive experience building ETL pipelines using Apache Spark and orchestrating workflows with Apache Airflow
- Deep knowledge of AWS data