Lead Big Data Engineer

Role Overview

• Assist and support your own area to deliver milestones aligned with the objectives of the Big Data department
• Communication throughout the different stages with internal stakeholders including the Head of Platform and product owners
• Engage your team with what is required in order to achieve your objectives
• Provide constructive feedback to your team during monthly 121s
• Be responsible to assist your team with different career paths, aligned with the teams objectives under GiG’s OKRs
• Introduce processes and documentation to help your team be coordinated
• Work with central teams to support the organisation strategy of GiG
• Attend client facing meetings to elaborate on obstacles faced and manage expectations
• Keep composure under pressure and work against tight deadlines
• Delegate and request support from other leaders when needed
• Handle sensitive information with caution.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading or managing a technical team, with the ability to align team efforts to product and business objectives
• Strong communication skills, with experience managing relationships across multiple internal stakeholders and presenting in client-facing settings
• Comfortable working under pressure and against tight deadlines while maintaining composure and clear communication
• Experience running structured 1-2-1s and supporting team members with career development
• Ability to delegate effectively and collaborate with peer leaders across functions (e.g. DevOps, Architecture, other Data teams)
• High degree of discretion when handling sensitive or confidential information
• Track record of introducing and maintaining processes and documentation that improve team coordination and cross-functional accessibility
• Familiarity with OKR frameworks and the ability to cascade organisational goals into team-level milestones
• Experience providing business stakeholders with clear, timely updates on deliverables and blockers
• Solid hands-on background in big data engineering, with the ability to contribute technically while also mentoring others
• Experience assessing skill gaps and sourcing relevant training to continuously upskill a technical team
• Ability to lead or meaningfully contribute to incident management, including clear escalation and risk mitigation decisions
• Experience participating in technical interviews and evaluating engineering candidates
• Comfortable contributing to and facilitating technical knowledge-sharing sessions (e.g. quarterly updates, internal talks)

Benefits

• Great career development opportunities
• Hybrid working model
• International Health Insurance
• Health and Wellbeing Package (350 EUR per year)
• Birthday Day Off
• Me Time
• 1 day off per year