About the Role:
We are looking for a Lead engineer (f/m/d) for our Data Platform team. Our Data Platform team consists of 7 people and is building our decentralised self-serve data platform, to ensure different domain teams can use data to become truly data driven. This function helps us build buildings that evolve over time and become more aspirational, affordable and sustainable.
The Lead engineer (f/m/d) ensures and helps their respective team to define and deliver the right solution at the right time. Knowing when to delegate and how to empower their individual team members is key to be successful in this role. Lead engineers split their time between pairing up with their team, learning how to handle difficult management and leadership situations and partner up with product managers and other business stakeholders to understand the company’s goals and needs.
What you´ll be doing:
You will build, improve and operate a cutting edge data platform with the team.
You will ingest data (event driven, synchronous) for different use cases, like IoT, Smart Factory or Building Systems
You ensure the integration of data governance and security requirements into the platform, so users don’t have to think about it – including collaboration with GRC and IT Security
You will manage and deliver data infrastructure to meet the requirements of various stakeholders (targeting given SLOs and SLAs) and create monitoring and alerting solutions
You will contribute to the department strategy and architectural goals and communicate them transparently and understandably to stakeholders
You are accountable for developing your directs – to do so they have regular (weekly) 1:1s with them
You ensure that the systems and solutions the team builds fit the overall architectural vision of GROPYUS and their respective area
You are accountable for the Operational Excellence of your team and ensure to have a release plan / roadmap for the team and product area in place
What you bring:
You bring professional experience working as a lead engineer (f/m/d) participating in team strategy, roadmap definition and sprint planning
You have built scalable systems including performance tuning, replications, back-up and recovery strategies
You have strong analytical skills and a transparent and collaborative communication style and the ability to troubleshoot complex challenges
You are experienced and/or desire to test pair and/or mob programming
You bring experience with monitoring and alerting tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Opsgenie)
A plus if you have worked with graph databases or knowledge graphs
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What We Offer
An unlimited contract with 28 vacation days.
Flexible, hybrid work: You can work from home or come into the office on the schedule that works best for you. Feel like traveling and working from another location? No problem. Tune into meetings and work from abroad for up to 40 days per year. In addition, flex hours allow you to prioritize important moments in your day.
Attractive perks and benefits: We offer a company pension scheme, language courses (English/German), and employee discounts with selected sustainable brands. Furthermore, our external partners in mental health support you in strengthening your mental health through anonymous private/group sessions.
Virtual Shares Program: Participate in the success of GROPYUS through our Virtual Share Program.
Ownership: You can truly make your mark with your work and contributions – on all our organizational levels. Find your solutions, drive and test them.
The chance to be part of something big: Our mission is to rethink an entire industry. Join us in reinventing construction and fostering sustainable, affordable living.
A diverse and enriching work environment: Become a valued member of a wonderfully diverse team of individuals from over 50 countries. At GROPYUS we value inclusion above all, ensuring that everyone feels they belong – no matter their background. In this way, our differences become strengths that help us grow as a team.
Join us on our mission to design buildings as continuously evolving products to create the most exciting and affordable experience for all. We build for people and conserve the resources of our planet.We can't wait to get to know you. For more information, visit our website, and if you have any questions, please reach out to us via email.
