Engineering manager in data platform

Описание:

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Engineering Manager to lead one of our Data Platform teams, currently undergoing a fundamental transformation from a traditional, service-oriented model into a product-oriented platform team focused on automation, scalability, integration, and developer enablement. As Engineering Manager, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating this transition, guiding the team through a challenging but high-potential journey.

Задачи:

• Define and drive the strategic evolution of the team towards building a modern, scalable data platform that enables advanced data and AI use cases by default, without requiring bespoke solutions or direct platform team involvement
• Enable development teams to safely and autonomously leverage data and platform capabilities through robust tooling, guardrails, and well-defined interfaces
• Establish a long-term roadmap that aligns data platform capabilities with emerging AI use cases, product needs, and regulatory constraints
• Build and grow a high-performing, cross-functional team capable of delivering reliable, scalable, and compliant platform solutions
• Shape the team’s culture by promoting initiative, critical thinking, technical leadership, and shared responsibility across the platform
• Coach and develop engineers to strengthen their skills across data, infrastructure, and platform engineering, while raising the bar on ownership and delivery
• Take a proactive role in performance management, ensuring the team continuously evolves towards autonomy, maturity, and impact
• Act as a key liaison between Engineering, Product, Security, and other stakeholders to represent the team’s roadmap and priorities

Требования:

• Proven experience leading high-impact engineering teams in a Platform, Infrastructure, Machine Learning Engineering context, ideally within regulated, complex technical environments
• Strong track record in transforming teams, developing both skills and mindset to support long-term strategic goals
• Experience with public cloud providers, ideally AWS, and an understanding of how cloud-native services impact data architecture and operations
• Strong understanding of data platform architectures and the trade-offs involved in building and operating them at scale
• Familiarity with platform engineering principles and practices, including automation, observability, IaC, and secure-by-default design
• Strong leadership in people and performance management, with experience coaching engineers and influencing team culture
• Ability to navigate complex environments, balancing speed, reliability, and risk
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to create alignment across engineering, product, and business
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate long-term vision into clear plans and team evolution
• Full professional proficiency in English

Будет плюсом:

• Prior exposure to or working knowledge of Machine Learning workflows or MLOps lifecycles is a definite plus, though not required
• Previous experience with AI/ML platform concepts (e.g., feature stores, model deployment patterns, model training pipelines) to effectively empathize with and support AI/ML stakeholder teams is advantageous; with an understanding of regulatory constraints as a plus

Условия:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account
• As well as subscriptions for friends and family members
• Vacation days vary depending on your location of work
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service
• The opportunity to work on a data platform that enables real AI use cases at scale, with space to innovate and shape how these capabilities are built and adopted across the company
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it