Data Engineer

Now, we are looking for a Data Engineer to join our new Data Catalog team and play a key role in building the data backbone that powers Quartr's financial intelligence. You'll own the systems that keep our data consistent, queryable, and discoverable across an evolving landscape of storage and indexing technologies.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate production database systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and correctness at scale; Architect and maintain real-time sync pipelines between primary databases and secondary query stores (e.g., search, vector, graph, analytics); Own schema versioning and distribution, packaging, publishing, and evolving database and event schemas across teams; Evaluate and integrate secondary indexing technologies as the needs of our AI-powered products change; Collaborate with product, data, and infrastructure teams to ensure data is accurate, consistent, and accessible in near real time

Requirements

Hands-on relational database experience: query optimization, schema design, scaling, and operational concerns; Strong SQL experience; Proven experience syncing databases in near real time, database-to-database or database-to-query-store (e.g., Typesense, Elasticsearch); Experience with at least one secondary indexing category: search, vector, graph, or analytics; Cloud infrastructure experience, preferably AWS; Based in Sweden with a valid work permit; Deep generalist on the data infrastructure side with genuine expertise in how databases behave under real production conditions; Self-driven and confident, taking full ownership of your work; Pragmatic but quality-conscious, knowing when to move fast and when to build for the long term

Nice to have

Experience with CDC and event streaming technologies such as Kafka or NATS; Familiarity with data catalog or data platform tooling, e.g., Confluent, Databricks, Redpanda, or similar; Python or TypeScript proficiency

Benefits

Occupational pension for all employees in Sweden; Competitive salaries; Generous wellness allowance to support physical and mental health; Office culture with flexibility, including the option to work from home when needed