Data Engineering Team Lead
Kraków - Poland, Polska
Key offer highlights
Data: SQL / BI / Python
DevOps / Cloud: AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes
Looking for experts - senior/expert
Legal: contracts / compliance / GDPR
Full-time
Description
Compensation details will be shared by the recruiter during the first interview.
How we work
Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;
What you’ll do
Lead and deliver data pipeline and platform work within the GCP consolidation programme, owning squad commitments end-to-end across batch and real-time (Kafka) workloads
Coach, develop, and performance-manage a squad of data engineers, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement
Drive data quality as a first-class concern: embed data contracts, observability, and SLA monitoring across ingestion and transformation layers in the Medallion architecture
Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders in Compliance, Marketing, and Data Science, translating requirements into well-scoped engineering deliverables
Maintain delivery rigour: run sprint cadences, manage commitments, escalate risks early, and report on pipeline SLOs, data freshness, and DORA-style engineering metrics
What you’ll need for this role
Hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale data pipelines on GCP (BigQuery, Cloud Composer/Airflow, GCS), with proven knowledge of Apache Kafka and real-time streaming architectures
Demonstrated experience leading or technically mentoring a team of data engineers, with the ability to set standards, conduct code and design reviews, and grow engineers’ capabilities
Strong grasp of data quality practices: data contracts, pipeline observability, SLA/SLO definition, and automated alerting and remediation
Solid understanding of SQL transformation patterns and modern tooling such as dbt, alongside experience managing ingestion estates with third-party connectors and in-house integrations
Clear and confident communicator able to work cross-functionally with non-technical stakeholders; comfortable in a regulated financial services environment with structured delivery disciplines (sprint cadences, change control, escalation)
Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback