Define technical strategies, architecture, and roadmaps for projects and standardized tooling considering scalability, maintainability, and performance

Collaborate with stakeholders (data owner, product owner, project manager, KGP stream leads and members, etc.) to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Oversees the design, development, and maintenance of complex data pipelines, ensuring data integrity, quality, and security

Provide technical direction and leadership to a team of data engineers

Work closely with the product owner, senior data engineer and project manager to ensure timely delivery of features and releases

Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, perform code reviews, and enforce coding standards and best practices

Identify potential risks, bottlenecks, and technical challenges and find solutions to mitigate them

Lead technical research, proof of concepts (POC), and prototyping to assess new tools or solutions

Leading a team (3-5) of Data Engineers of different levels in different locations

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

3-5 years of proven experience as a senior data engineer or technical lead, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality software products, including working with large-scale data processing and management systems

At least 1 year experience leading a team technically

Strong background in system architecture, software design patterns, and software engineering best practices

Strong experience Cloud Computing and with Python, Databricks, SQL, Pyspark as well as DevOps implementation (Azure Devops, Jenkins)

Experience in design and implementation of complex data pipelines by following and ensuring industry standards and best practices

Extensive experience in clean, maintainable, and efficient code development

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Fluent English is a must, German language skills are welcome

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