Lead Data Platform Engineer
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saas.groupWeb Analytics
EuropeFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Languages
- Fluent German (C1) required; good English
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Required Skills
- DockerSQLGCPData engineeringGoCI/CDTerraformData modeling
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or Platform Engineering in production environments
- Solid Go (Golang) proficiency
- Strong hands-on experience with GCP Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL
- Strong SQL and analytical data modeling skills
- Practical experience with Terraform / IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized workloads
- Experience with Protobuf or comparable schema definition and serialization frameworks
- Familiarity with IVW, OEWA or comparable digital audience measurement standards
- Experience with AI coding assistants and coding agents
- Fluent German (C1) required
- Good English for technical documentation
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end data platform roadmap and drive its execution from architecture decisions to day-to-day platform operations.
- Take accountability for data ingress, streaming processing, batch aggregation, data modeling, quality, delivery and reporting logic.
- Ensure reliability, scalability and performance through strong monitoring, observability and incident management practices.
- Continuously improve the new GCP-native platform with a focus on stability, cost efficiency, maintainability and business continuity.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Customer Success and Leadership to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Drive AI-native engineering adoption, including AI-assisted coding, refactoring, testing, documentation and code reviews and establish standards for safe, effective use.
- Work with external specialists where useful and establish sustainable internal ownership of all critical platform components
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