Tech Lead (Data Engineering)

What we achieve together

• As the Tech Lead in a Data Engineering team, you take responsibility for the technical direction of our data platforms (esp. Databricks), ensuring scalability, reliability, and high data quality while making key technical decisions.

• Together with your team, you implement critical components and frameworks, define coding standards, and ensure best practices through hands-on engineering and code reviews.

• Your responsibilities will include mentoring and coaching engineers, resolving technical challenges, and structuring complex topics into actionable tasks that enable efficient delivery.

• Acting as a trusted technical counterpart, you collaborate with stakeholders to assess idea feasibility, estimate effort, and provide input for project planning.

• By driving efficient delivery processes, you support sprint planning, backlog refinement, and deployment practices while ensuring alignment with product goals and stable environments.

• You actively foster innovation by evaluating new technologies, promoting automation and DevOps practices, and identifying as well as reducing technical debt 

What makes us successful together

• Qualification: You have a degree in computer science, data engineering, information systems, or a comparable field.

• Experience: You bring several years of experience in data engineering and have already taken ownership of technical leadership or senior engineering responsibilities.

• Know-how and skills: You possess strong expertise in data architecture, data modelling, and ETL or ELT processes, combined with solid knowledge of Python, SQL, Spark, orchestration tools, and system design principles.

• Nice to have: Experience with cloud-based data platforms, modern data stack technologies, and CI/CD or DevOps practices would further strengthen your profile.

• Personality: You are a proactive and empathetic professional who clearly communicates complex technical topics, inspires others, and enjoys working collaboratively in an agile environment toward long-running strategic goals.

• Language skills: You communicate confidently in English. 

What you can count on

• Flexible work model: adjustable starting times (7:30 – 9:00AM), hybrid work 70/30, and up to 30 days of remote work from abroad from selected countries.

• Health & Wellness support: private medical care (Medicover), sports card subsidy (Multisport), group insurance (Warta), and ergonomic office spaces. 

• Time off & balance: additional paid 2 days off and subsidies for recreation.

• Financial perks: up to 30% discount on company products, support for commuting and eyewear.

• Growth & Development: access to internal training, mentoring programs, self-learning platform for languages (eTutor) and international projects.

• Culture & Community: company events, family friendly activities, and open opportunities within Vaillant Group. 

What makes us special

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy-saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

We promote equity and do not tolerate any form of discrimination. We value the uniqueness of each individual and encourage all people to apply.