Team Lead Data Engineering (m/f/x)

About the role

Tipico, part of Banijay Gaming, is looking for a Team Lead Data Engineering (m/f/x) to lead its data engineering team. The role is responsible for building and operating reliable data services and platforms such as a Data Lake and Data Warehouse, and for coaching and mentoring a squad of Data Engineers so that the business gets trusted data for every major decision.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and mentor the Data Engineering team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Oversee the data supply chain, from design to operation of batch and real-time data pipelines, ensuring scalability, performance and SLA adherence.
• Ensure end-to-end data quality, accuracy and consistency across the Data Platform, supporting reporting, analytics and regulatory outputs.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and delivery plans, working with Product Managers, Architects and stakeholders.
• Align data engineering practices with group standards, driving security, compliance and operational excellence.
• Drive automation, optimisation and innovation in data processing to improve performance and cost-efficiency.
• Contribute to the Data Department's roadmap and support strategic initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Information Technology or a closely related quantitative field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience managing and leading large-scale data projects and data engineering teams in a similar role.
• Natural team player with strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills, confident decision-maker and problem solver.

Required skills

• Big data tools: AWS Redshift, S3, EMR, Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Iceberg, Hudi.
• ETL/ELT engineering and hands-on experience with analytics and time-series technologies (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch).
• Coding in Java, Scala or Python.
• Modern engineering environment: Linux, containers, Kubernetes, cloud-first production data systems.

What we offer

• Indefinite contract with a competitive salary.
• Insurances (private health, dental, accident, sickness and life) and free parking.
• Relocation support for moves to Malta.
• On-site childcare for children aged 3 and older.
• Gym membership subsidy.
• Sponsored charity and team events.