Data Architect

Data Architect - Bremen or Hamburg, Germany
Are you passionate about developing extensive data platforms with various data sources to empower data-driven decision-making? Do you want to influence the well-being of millions of European employees with the help of data? Do you want to be part of a rapidly growing company? If yes, you might be a great fit for us.
Epassi is growing, especially through acquiring companies across Europe. Now we are looking for a Data Architect to lead our data engineering team.
**As a Data Architect, you will be responsible for**:
Designing and implementing integrations between our data platform and the systems of newly acquired companies
Driving technical planning of data engineering efforts, especially related to M&A cases
Owning the data architecture of our group-wide hybrid data platform (on-prem and cloud)
Developing the way of working together with the team towards data engineering best practices
Working with analytics, IT, engineering, finance, product, and GTM teams to drive business value through the data platform
**You will be a great fit if you have**:
7+ years of work experience in data engineering or architecture roles, with 2+ years leading technical teams
Hands-on experience with data integrations in M&A or other complex multi-entity environments
Expert-level knowledge of our key tech stack (AWS, Databricks/Spark, Airflow), IaC, and DataOps/DevOps practices
Proficiency in Python and SQL for data engineering and scripting tasks
Strong communication skills to bridge the gap between engineering and business
Both technical and people skills to lead a high-performing team of data engineers
Willingness to work in a fast-paced and change-heavy environment
Working proficiency in English
**Why you should join Epassi**:
We are a fast-growing tech company; you will have the chance to impact many meaningful things and grow with us professionally
We have an inspiring and supportive culture, and we prioritize the well-being of our employees
We provide a flexible hybrid work model and care about your work-life balance
We take care of the professional development of Epassians by creating individual development plans and supporting growth with a yearly budget
**We have a unique team environment**: international, motivated, and supportive colleagues with a great sense of humor
Epassi offers a great benefit package, including 30 days vacation, flexible working hours, free use of Hansefit App, Babbel language learning... and more
The location of the role is either in Bremen or Hamburg. The team works across multiple European countries for the entire Epassi Group.
**Hiring manager for this position**: Head of Data & Analytics, Laura Mantere.
Company events
Hybrid and flexible working style
Modern working tools
International environment
Benefit package for wellbeing support
Private health support
About the company
Epassi is an innovative fintech company, our purpose is to boost everyday well-being.
We are the market leader in mobile payments for employee benefits in Northern Europe - our solution combines all the benefits into a single mobile app. Epassi’s team is made of highly skilled people from top notch business developers, designers and software engineers to passionate sales, marketing, and customer support professionals. Epassi is awarded by the Financial Times as one of the fastest growing companies in Europe.
Epassi expands outside of the Nordics
We have recently acquired the UK's largest health and fitness network Incorpore, leading Italian corporate welfare and employee benefits company Eudaimon as well two of the leading corporate fitness companies in Western Europe, Hansefit in Germany & BFNL in Netherlands.
2007Epassi is founded
2008Launching the Sport & Culture benefits - the first mobile-payable benefits in Europe
2013Launched the commuting benefit.
2014Won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 programme in Finland.
2015Epassi acquires Min friskvard and expands to Sweden
2016Alipay cooperation accepting payments from Chinese customers
2017Launching the Wellbeing benefit & acquiring Tyky Finland
2018Epassi offers Alipay outside of Finland cooperation with Siirto&Vipps
2019September - Pekka Rantala appointed CEO (former CEO Rovio Entertainment) October - Bregal Milestone Acquired controlling stake in ePassi.
2020January - Epassi and Finnair loyalty program partnership. March - Epassi acquires ActiWay further expanding Swedish presence May - Epassi and Wolt online food delivery partnership
2021Epassi acquires Sodexo BRS Sweden and Eazybreak - cements its position as the Nordic champion for employee benefits
2023Epassi expands outside the Nordics - acquires Incorpore - UK's largest health and fitness network with 11 million employee userbase, and Eudaimon - leading Italian corporate welfare and employee benefits company.
2024Epassi acquires two of Europes leading corporate fitness companies, Hansefit in Germany and BFNL in Netherlands.
2024Epassi acquires Smartum, a pioneer in pr