Head of Data Architecture and Engineering (m / f / d)
Berlin, Germany
Company Description
At Omio, we are quickly changing the way people travel and we are growing at a fast pace. We're operating at worldwide level and expanding in new geographies.
Driven by our team of over 300 people from more than 45 different countries, Omio is changing the way we travel worldwide. With Omio you can compare and book trains, buses and flights anywhere in Europe, the US, and Canada with one simple search, on mobile, app or desktop. By offering transparent pricing and easy booking, Omio makes travel planning simple, flexible and personal.
With over 800 travel partners across Europe, the US, and Canada Omio is one of Europe’s fastest growing travel tech companies with 27 million monthly users on average. Omio has raised close to $300 million from renowned investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Silver Lake Kraftwerk, Kinnevek and Temasek.
Job Description
Our data platform is the nerve centre of the entire organisation, it’s how we understand and steer our business, and it mediates how departments communicate with each other. With massive event volumes, over 1,000 travel providers, plus a host of other third parties, there is a real richness and variety of data to work with; consolidating, aggregating and standardising ready for fast delivery to our teams, our customers and our partners.
The role of Head of Data Architecture and Engineering is a key strategic position within the data tribe. You will be responsible for designing, building and maintaining our pipelines and warehouses / lake houses; tracking data quality and health; ensuring appropriate availability and latency for our data products; and the backbone infrastructure of our semantic and data governance layers.
You will also be leading a small team of engineers and architects and working closely with the VP Data and Analytics to deliver on the roadmap for our data strategy. Beyond that, your excellent technical skills will be applied all across the data stack as you contribute to best practices in everything we do. You would expect to be spending more than 50% of your time in hands-on technical work.
Lead the Architecture and Engineering function, managing the team, dealing with workload management, performance and personal development.
Design and build highly-scalable data models establishing a coherent, single-source of truth for Omio data.
Establish governance processes around access control and reference- and master- data management.
Manage our data pipelines and data quality infrastructure, ensuring high accuracy and low latency.
Work closely with upstream and downstream providers and consumers of data, building strong relationships and ensuring strong links across the business.
Work with Analytics Engineers to define and establish non-functional requirements for production data products.
Manage our GCP estate, tracking usage and costs.
Be a strong thought leader, bringing a balanced view on new trends and technologies that may be of use to Omio.
Own the data tool stack, ensuring high productivity and a great developer experience for all our data practitioners.
Qualifications
The ideal profile for this role will be someone who:
Has extensive experience of delivering complex data architectures within GCP
Has deep knowledge of multiple approaches to data modelling across relational and non-relational approaches.
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities of working with very large, volatile and heterogeneous datasets.
Is able to communicate complex technical concepts in simple terms, to build consensus and bring people with you.
Are fluent in English; additional languages are always valued at Omio
Is a team player with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Has a solution oriented approach to problem solving
Key technologies: GCP (BigQuery, Looker, Airflow, dbt, Docker, SQL, Python, Terraform)
Experience in large-scale data processing with Apache Spark or similar technologies, and proficiency in Scala, Java, or Python
Additional Information
What’s in it for you? #LifeAtOmio
This role is based on-site at Omio's modern & friendly head office in Warschauer Platz, giving you a great environment to learn, grow and develop your career, surround by like minded colleagues, this role also offers flexible working, 50% home/office.
- Have an impact. With innovation and smart technology, we are changing the way people travel, and you too can have an impact on this ride.
- A competitive and attractive compensation package
- A diverse team of more than 45 nationalities
Diversity makes us stronger
We value diversity and welcome all applicants regardless of ethnicity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age or disability.
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* Salary range is an estimate based on our AI, ML, Data Science Salary Index 💰
Tags: Airflow Architecture BigQuery Data governance Data management Data pipelines Data quality Data strategy dbt Docker Engineering GCP Java Looker Pipelines Python Scala Spark SQL Terraform
Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Flex hours
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