As the leader of the Data Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in Scalable Capital’s data journey.
Your team is responsible for improving, extending, and automating the data platforms.
You will lead, mentor, and inspire a small team of senior data engineers.
You will own the architecture, development, and operation of the data platforms, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
Your responsibilities include automating platform operations and streamlining data workflows to increase efficiency and minimize manual intervention.
You will act as the first point of contact for other data engineering teams on topics like platform usage, data modeling, pipeline design, and general data engineering best practices.
You will collaborate cross-functionally to set standards and champion data engineering excellence across the organization, including security concepts.
You will remain hands-on by architecting, coding, reviewing, and deploying critical data infrastructure solutions.
You will drive the adoption of modern tooling, including GenAI-assisted coding, while applying critical thinking to recommendations and outputs.
Requirements:
You must have several years (5+) of hands-on experience building, improving, and operating data platforms in high-volume production environments.
Expertise in AWS Cloud, especially their data-native service offerings (S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, etc.) is required.
You should possess expert-level knowledge of IAM, KMS, networking, and security best practices in AWS.
Expert level skills in SQL and Python are necessary.
You must be skilled in using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
Experience with Workflow Orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions, or similar is required.
You should have knowledge in Data Modeling and Data Warehousing, including dimensional modeling and star/snowflake schemas; experience with Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery is a plus.
Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker; Kubernetes experience is a plus.
You should have deep knowledge of Software Engineering best practices, including requirements specification, version control, CI/CD, and testing to deployment and monitoring of data pipelines and services.
The ability to balance the big picture (strategy, scaling) with hands-on engineering and problem-solving is essential.
Strong skills in data modeling, pipeline design, and automation are required.
You should have a data-native mindset, thinking data-first and knowing how to design robust, scalable, and maintainable platforms.
Comfort in leveraging GenAI-assisted coding while maintaining high standards and thoughtful code reviews is necessary.
Proven experience in leading, mentoring, and growing small expert teams is required.
You must be able to act as a trusted advisor for other teams and communicate complex technical topics clearly.
Benefits:
You will have direct ownership and impact on the future of Scalable Capital’s data landscape.
The position offers a high degree of autonomy, trust, and the chance to shape standards across the company.
You will work in a modern, cloud-first environment with cutting-edge data technologies.
The company promotes a collaborative, data-driven culture and a supportive team.
There are opportunities for personal growth, technical leadership, and career development.
You will be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that impact customers' lives.
The company offers an office in a great location in Munich or Prenzlauer Berg, surrounded by restaurants, cafés, and amenities.
You will be productive with the latest hardware and tools.
You can learn and grow by joining in-house knowledge sharing sessions and utilizing your individual Education Budget.
You will have the opportunity to learn German through free language classes.
The company provides (international) relocation support.
There is a flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad.
You will benefit from an attractive compensation package and a company pension scheme.
A monthly contribution of 25% for the ‘Deutschland Jobticket’ is included.
You will receive a complimentary subscription to Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker, eliminating order commissions.
