Engagement:Full time

Language:German, English

Location:Remote

Must have skills:

• Snowflake
• Database Architecture
• AWS
• Data Strategy
• AWS Lambda
• SQL
• Tech Lead
• Data Engineering

Good to have skills:

• Data Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Machine Learning (ML)

Project description:

Our client is looking for a Lead Data Engineer to help them drive the development and architecture of a robust and scalable data platform.

You will be required to travel to client offices in Munich, Germany for onboarding (1-2 weeks) and occassional travel post this.

Responsibilities:

• Take responsibility for the data architecture and the technical design of the data platform together with the data team.
• Build and grow a skilled engineering team
• Develop and own the data model in close collaboration with the customers and the service providers, designing and implementing the data architecture covering all areas from ingestion through transformation / harmonization to consumption.
• Define and deploy a suitable technical architecture leveraging state of the art AWS services based on the functional and non-functional requirements
• Lead and mentor the data engineers, data analysts and DevOps engineers within the data team
• Understand and explain advantages and disadvantages of the proposed solutions to internal and external stakeholders, at different levels
• Be accountable for the on-time and to-quality delivery of the data assets
• Works closely with the Product Owners with the aim of meeting current and future user needs

Requirements:

• Solid experience as a data architect, a lead data engineer or in a similar role
• Master (MSc) or equivalent experience in a technical field (for example, Computer Science, Engineering…)
• Experience in designing and implementing and end to end data solution based on the cloud (Data-Lake with cataloging and lineage capabilities with AWS Stack)
• Previous experience of Implementing Lambda architecture with AWS Stack.
• Demonstrable experience in leading teams of data engineers / data analysts
• Familiar with the handling of large data sets
• Knowledge of database technologies and fundamentals incl. coding proficiency in SQL
• Experience with the AWS stack is a strong plus
• Experience with Snowflake is required
• Ability to manage security topics in an enterprise environment
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Strong collaboration skills, ability to explore new paths and work in international teams
• DevOps Mindset (you build it, you run it)
• Experience working in cross-functional development teams using agile methodologies
• German language would be nice to have

About the client:

Our client is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with operations in more than 65 countries.