About the Position

We are looking for a Manager, Data Engineering to join our team in Barcelona, Spain or Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area. At Lighthouse, we are revolutionizing commercial strategy as hospitality’s most powerful AI platform. Our mission is to transform the world's largest hotel data network into real-time intelligence that drives action. With $370M in Series C funding and over $100M in ARR, we are scaling at lightspeed. Our 850+ teammates across 35 countries leverage cutting-edge AI to help hoteliers be the first to act. Tens of thousands of hotels across 185 countries trust Lighthouse to execute their commercial strategy.

Responsibilities

As a Data Engineering Manager, you will:

Lead, coach, and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and long-term career growth.
Be the technical guide for your team, helping them grow their technical careers and collaborate on technical work.
Drive the architecture, design, implementation, maintenance, improvements, and scaling of the streaming and batch data pipelines.
Champion an AI-first development culture within the engineering team.
Identify, estimate, plan, and deliver continuous improvements in data quality, system stability, observability, data pipeline performance, latency, and reliability.
Collaborate closely with product, other engineering teams, support, and business teams.

Requirements

Experienced people leader with a track record of managing engineering teams.
Strong hands-on background in data engineering, with deep experience in ETL/ELT, batch and streaming pipelines, complex data transformations, and data modelling.
Proactive, "can-do" attitude, viewing challenges as opportunities.
Forward-thinking builder with a proven interest or experience in working with LLMs, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted coding tools.
Professional proficiency in Python for large-scale data processing and pipeline development.
Strong knowledge of data cloud technologies, data streaming systems (like Google Cloud Pub/Sub or Kafka), and cloud database solutions (like BigQuery, Spanner, Snowflake, or Databricks).
Fluency in English, with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

Experience building integrations with third-party APIs and external data sources.
Experience within the hospitality technology sector or similar industries (e.g., airline industry).

We Offer

Flexible time off: Autonomy to manage your work-life balance.
Alan Flex benefits: 160€/month for food or nursery.
Flexible retribution: Optional benefits through tax-free payroll deductions for food, transportation, and/or nursery.
Wellbeing support: Subsidized ClassPass subscription.
Comprehensive health insurance: 100% Alan coverage for you, your spouse, and dependents.
Impactful work: Shape products relied on by 85,000+ users worldwide.
Referral bonuses: Earn rewards for bringing in new talent.

About the Company

At Lighthouse, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that values equal opportunity for all. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and disability. Our commitment to equality is part of our culture. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point during the application or interview process, please notify your recruiter.

Technologies You Will Work With

Python
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
BigQuery
Spanner
Pub/Sub
Kubernetes

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