Data Platform Engineering Manager (Cloud)

About the Position

Data Platform Engineering Manager (Cloud)

Location: Warszawa

Work Model: Hybrid (minimum 1 day per week in the office)

About the Role:

This is an opportunity for an experienced Data Engineering Manager or Technical Lead who wants to stay close to technology while developing leadership skills and having a real impact on the architecture and strategy of the data platform.

In this role, you will be responsible for both the technical development of the Data Platform and for leading the team and improving engineering processes.

Responsibilities Distribution:

• 50% - Technical work (Hands-on Data Engineering)
• 25% - Team management
• 25% - Process and work organization development

Team: 9 Data Engineers (Warszawa and Barcelona)

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing a modern data platform operating in a cloud environment
• Co-creating the architecture of the Data Platform and the long-term strategy for its development
• Designing scalable data pipelines and solutions based on Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Event-Driven Architecture
• Building and developing real-time data processing and CDC-based solutions
• Ensuring high availability, performance, security, and quality of the data platform
• Defining and implementing Data Governance standards and best practices in Data Engineering
• Developing team competencies through mentoring, coaching, and technical support
• Close collaboration with architects, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders in implementing global initiatives
• Participation in selecting technologies and making architectural decisions affecting platform development

Requirements

We are looking for someone who has:

• Minimum 8 years of experience in Data Engineering
• Minimum 3 years of experience in managing or technically leading a Data Engineering team
• Practical experience in designing and developing large data platforms in a cloud environment
• Experience with one of the cloud platforms: GCP (preferred), AWS, or Azure (in case of AWS/Azure – willingness to work with Google Cloud Platform)
• Very good knowledge of SQL and Python
• Experience with DBT or Dataform
• Practical knowledge of Data Warehouse and Lakehouse solutions
• Experience with BigQuery or Snowflake
• Practical experience in building pipelines based on Event-Driven Architecture and CDC
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Experience in implementing Data Governance and data security solutions in a cloud environment
• Experience in working with the business and managing stakeholder expectations in an international environment
• Very good knowledge of English at least at the B2 level (C1 preferred)

Additional assets will be:

• Knowledge of Google Cloud Data Analytics (BigQuery, Dataproc, Datastream)
• Experience with Data Mesh and Kappa architectures
• Experience working with Agile methodologies

We Offer

• Stable employment under an employment contract
• Annual bonus of 20% of annual salary
• Opportunity to build a global data platform used by business teams worldwide
• Real influence on the direction of architecture, technology standards, and Data Platform strategy
• Combination of technical work with team leadership role
• Collaboration with experienced specialists in an international environment
• Hybrid work model (minimum 1 day per week in the office)
• Flexible working hours
• Fully funded business trips to Barcelona (on average once a month)
• Private healthcare, Multisport card, and life insurance

Please submit your CV in English only.

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