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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 data platforms . In addition to leading and mentoring two talented data experts, you’ll act as a hands-on staff engineer, directly shaping our technology 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 data teams and promoting a data-driven culture across the company.

Job Description

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a small team of senior data engineers.
• Own the architecture, development, and operation of our data platforms, 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 data engineering best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to set standards and champion data engineering excellence across the organization including security concepts.
• Remain hands-on: 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

• Several years (5+) of hands-on experience building, improving, and operating data platforms in high-volume production environments
• Expertise in AWS Cloud, especially data-native services (S3, Glue, Athena, Redshift, etc.)
• Expert level knowledge of IAM, KMS, networking, and security best practices in AWS
• Expert level SQL & Python
• Skills with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation)
• Workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions, or similar)
• Data Modeling & Data Warehousing (dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas); experience with Redshift, Snowflake, or BigQuery is a plus
• Containerization (Docker; Kubernetes a plus)
• Software engineering best practices (requirements, version control, CI/CD, testing, deployment, monitoring)
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on engineering
• Data-native mindset and experience designing robust, scalable platforms
• Comfort with GenAI-assisted coding and thoughtful code reviews
• Proven experience leading, mentoring, and growing small expert teams
• Strong communication to act as a trusted advisor for other teams

Why Join Us?

• Direct ownership and impact on the future of Scalable Capital’s data landscape
• High autonomy and the chance to shape standards across the company
• 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 a fast-growing Fintech startup with a meaningful impact for customers
• International, diverse, inclusive team with opportunities to work remotely within Germany (where eligible)
• Offices in Munich or Berlin, with equipment and tools provided
• Learning opportunities through in-house knowledge sharing and an Education Budget
• German language classes and relocation support if required
• Flexible vacation policy and the option to work from abroad
• Attractive compensation package and company pension scheme
• Monthly contribution for the Deutschland Jobticket
• Subscription to Scalable Capital PRIME+ Broker and access to Urban Sports Club

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Banking
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