Technical Lead – Foundational Data

The Technical Lead for the Data Platform is responsible for overseeing the delivery of data platform solutions and technical standards.

Requirements

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines to extract data from diverse sources and populate the data lake and data warehouse.
• Develop data transformation rules and data modeling capabilities to support business requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Analysts, Data Scientists, and Machine Learning Engineers to identify and transform data, making it understandable and actionable.
• Work with the data governance team to implement data quality checks and maintain data catalogs.
• Utilize orchestration, logging, and monitoring tools to build resilient, production-grade pipelines.
• Apply test-driven development methodology when building ELT/ETL pipelines.
• Analyze data to support business insights and reporting.
• Use Git for version control and understand various branching strategies.
• Participate as part of an agile team, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Create technical documentation as needed to support platform operations and onboarding.
• Provide guidance on architecture, design, and implementation of cloud-based data platforms.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and operations teams to ensure best practices are followed.
• Drive adoption of modern data technologies and frameworks.
• Translate business requirements into technical deliverables.
• Communicate progress, risks, and mitigation plans effectively to stakeholders.
• Ensure data security, privacy, and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and performance optimization strategies.
• Mentor and guide technical teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system plus referral program
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax-free benefits according to your choice
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora discount programs
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more