Technical Team Lead – Data Platform (m/f/x)

About the Role

As the leader of our Data Platform team, you’ll play a pivotal role in Scalable Capital’s data journey. Your team is at the heart of our data infrastructure, responsible for improving, extending, and automating our scalable data platform. In addition the team operates critical data pipelines powering product features as well as regulatory reporting. We are looking for a hands-on leader who is able to evolve our data platform and best practices.

You and your team will serve as the go-to experts for data engineering and platform best practices—from data modeling and pipeline design to coding standards and security—empowering other teams to use the data platform and promoting a truly data-driven culture across the company.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of data engineers.
• Own the architecture, development, and operation of our data platform and pipelines, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
• Automate platform operations and streamline data workflows to increase efficiency and minimize manual intervention.
• 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.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to set standards and champion data engineering excellence across the organization, including security concepts.
• Remain hands-on: together with your team you will architect, code, review, and deploy critical data infrastructure solutions.
• Drive adoption of modern tooling (including GenAI-assisted coding) while applying critical thinking to recommendations and outputs.

Qualifications

• University degree in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or a similar field.
• Extensive hands-on experience building, improving, and operating data platforms in high-volume environments.
• Expert level SQL, dbt & Python.
• Skilled using Infrastructure as Code: e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Expertise in AWS Cloud, especially data-native services (S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, etc.) and security features like IAM, KMS, and networking.
• Experience with data modelling in the modern data stack.
• Workflow Orchestration: e.g., Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions, or similar.
• Containerization: Docker; Kubernetes is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of Software Engineering best practices—from requirements specification, version control, CI/CD, and testing to deployment and monitoring of data pipelines and services.
• Ability to balance strategy and hands-on engineering, with problem-solving as a focus.
• Comfortable leveraging GenAI-assisted coding while maintaining high standards and thoughtful code reviews.
• Experience acting as a team or tech lead.
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor for other teams and communicate complex technical topics clearly.

Why Join Us?

• Direct ownership and impact on the future of Scalable Capital’s data landscape.
• High degree of autonomy, trust, and the chance to shape standards across the company.
• Work in a modern, cloud-first environment with cutting-edge data technologies.
• Collaborative, data-driven culture and a supportive team.
• Opportunities for personal growth, technical leadership, and career development.

Additional Information

• Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services with substantial impact on customers.
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and growing team.
• Office locations in Munich or Berlin; flexible work options may apply.
• Supportive learning environment with an individual Education Budget and knowledge sharing sessions.
• German language classes available; international relocation support if required.
• Flexible vacation policy and the opportunity to work from abroad.
• Attractive compensation package and company pension scheme.
• Monthly contribution for the Deutschland Jobticket and other lifestyle benefits.
• Access to Scalable Capital PRIME+ Broker and Urban Sports Club discounts.