Senior Data Engineering Manager

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture!

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table and we are on a mission to connect the worlds favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners.

Finding the best dining experience for our Diners community or boosting restaurant performance for our Restaurateurs Partners has never been easier thanks to our signature products:

• TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease.
• TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations empowering our Restaurateurs to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue.
• TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app

At TheFork we also believe that people truly make the difference. None of this would be possible without our vibrant Forkies community. Our strong core valuesBetter Together Ownership Respect and Growthare the guiding principles of everything we do shaping our behaviors: Come as you are Dig in and Make it Memorable.

TheFork leads the restaurant booking market in Europe and operates in 11 countries. Our offices boast a fully international team working together in a flexible multicultural and constructive environment that provides everyone with space to grow both professionally and personally.

To learn more about TheFork and our Forkies explore our official site:

What you will do:

We are on a journey to revolutionize our data capabilities through the modernization of our Data Platform unlocking insights and innovations that will power the companys future.

Were looking for a Senior Data Engineering Manager who can lead and inspire teams to drive the future of data in our company. If youre passionate about leading from the front and pushing boundaries join us on this journey.

You will lead 2 teams composed of Data Engineers and Data Ops to implement and maintain best practices in data processing according to the Data Lakehouse approach.

You will work closely with Data Governance Product Management and Architects to drive platform improvements and support the ever evolving needs of data and engineering teams.

You will:

• Own the data platform roadmaps
• Enhance and maintain robust batch ingestion and validation pipelines.
• Participate in our data transformation program taking direct ownership of the creation of a self-service data platform and contributing to the implementation of data governance principles.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement engineering best practices within the data ecosystem.
• Lead by example fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the data engineering team ensuring collaboration and alignment with broader business and product objectives
• Mentor and upskill team members
• Contribute to system architecture designs with Architects.
• Coordinate and run Proofs of Concept (POCs).

You will directly report to the Head of the tribe.

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications

• Proven leadership and mentorship experience guiding data engineering teams.
• Extensive experience with Data Lakehouse architectures and implementation.
• Solid understanding of Data Mesh including domain ownership federated governance and data product design.
• Solid understanding of Data Governance and Quality covering metadata management data lineage and data observability in general.
• Proven experience using AWS services and familiar with infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Proficiency in Python SQL Snowflake and Airflow.
• Experience with data modeling and knowledge of medallion architecture.

You Can Impress With These Additions

• Experience with Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake.
• Realtime data processing at scale.

What we offer you:

An awesome team

A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)

Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)

Competitive fixed salary & bonus

Lunch vouchers available for each working day

International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe

Highly inclusive working environment

Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities family support travel etc

Continuous learning and development programs

Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey

Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)

Health insurance

Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee

Amazing offices with dining a coffee point on each floor and leisure area

Team building events

We believe that we are better together and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone - regardless of ability age socio-economic & cultural background ethnicity faith gender gender expression gender identity ideology national origin race sexual orientation marital status or any characteristic protected under applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application interview or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability please direct your inquiries to Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly

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