DataOps Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Guide, mentor, and enhance the skills of a team of over 5 DataOps Engineers through individual meetings, coaching, performance evaluations, and career progression.

• Architect, develop, test, and optimize data ingestion frameworks and production-ready pipelines utilizing Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Apache Kafka.

• Write code, tackle intricate engineering challenges, engage in code reviews, and maintain an active technical role.

• Take ownership of the DataOps strategy and technical roadmap.

• Establish technical priorities and steer the development of ingestion frameworks.

• Introduce and reinforce CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging, and error-handling methodologies within Data Engineering.

• Collaborate with Data Architects, engineering leaders, product teams, and business stakeholders to convert requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Align priorities, manage expectations, communicate progress and risks, and support overarching business goals.

• Enhance pipeline performance, reliability, observability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Set engineering standards, address technical debt, resolve production issues, and enhance data solution quality and maintainability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in managing and developing engineering teams of 5 or more, preferably in Data Engineering, DataOps, or platform engineering.

• Significant hands-on experience in designing, developing, and maintaining data ingestion pipelines with Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory (ADF), and Apache Kafka.

• Proficient in writing production-level code, implementing ingestion frameworks, troubleshooting complex pipelines, and directly contributing to engineering outputs.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, logging, error handling, and performance enhancement.

• Experience collaborating with Data Architects, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Capable of independently driving complex initiatives, managing competing priorities, making informed architectural decisions, and clearly communicating technical trade-offs.

• Enjoy the dual role of being a people manager and an active engineer.

• Appreciate knowledge sharing, constructive feedback, and developing reliable solutions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work-from-home arrangements, including the option to work from anywhere in the EU for up to 20 days a year.

• A variety of internal and external training opportunities.

• 30 days of paid vacation annually, plus an additional day off on Rosenmontag.

• Option to take up to 10 days of unpaid leave after one year with the company.

• Membership in Urban Sports Club (M package).

• Engaging team events and regularly scheduled gatherings.