Team Lead Data Science

INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY

Webtrekk is one of Europe's market leaders for Customer Intelligence and Marketing Analytics. Since 2019, we are part of the marketing technology service provider, Mapp, and support marketers and data analysts in understanding and analyzing the behavior of their website and app users across all channels and help to utilize this information specifically for marketing purposes. Our solution, which is based on first-party data, ensures maximum data depth for our customers. We are headquartered in Berlin, Germany with offices in Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Poland, and the United States. More than 3,000 customers worldwide rely on our solutions – from old economy to digital pioneers.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In this role, you will be leading a cross functional team of around 8 to 10 software engineers (Frontend-, Backend- and QA Engineers) which is mainly responsible for our Data Processing Pipeline. Our powerful high-traffic platform is designed to process more than 350 terabyte raw data and up to 60k requests/sec.

•Manage, coach and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers to find best solutions for complex problems

•Improve agile development and continuous deployment process

•Foster continuous knowledge transfer; lead discussions with the team and management to define best practices and approaches

•Work with product team throughout the development process and guarantee an aligned technical strategy across all agile teams

•Ensure continuous process improvement and code quality

•Set goals, objectives and priorities. Mentor team members, provide guidance by regular performance reviews

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

•3+ years of experience in leading and coaching development teams in an agile environment

•Extensive knowledge of agile software development and a strong, clear understanding of software delivery KPIs

•Expertise in Scala, Java, Microservices, Kafka, SQL and NoSQL Databases; experience with tools for build and deployment automation (i.e. Maven, SBT, Jenkins, Ansible)

•Modern, i.e. responsive leadership style with high social competence and at the same time goal- and project orientation

•Ability to maintain a structured working style in a dynamic and fast-paced environment; can manage and prioritize well with a high aspiration for quality balanced with a good sense of pragmatism

•Excellent communication skills and convincing performance on all hierarchical levels as well as a strong ability to network and shape positive working relationships

•Fluent in English, German language skills are a big plus

WHAT WE OFFER

•Prospect: We are a continuously growing team with experts in the most future-oriented fields of customer intelligence. We are dealing with real big data scenarios and data from various business models and industries. Apart from interesting tasks we offer you considerable freedom for your ideas and perspectives for the development of your professional and management skills.

•Team oriented atmosphere: Our culture embraces integrity, teamwork and innovation. Our employees value the friendly atmosphere that is the most powerful driver within our company.

•Goodies: Individual trainings, employee discounts, company tickets, team events, table soccer, fresh fruits and a sunny roof terrace.

•Tech Culture: Work with experienced developers who share the ambition for well-written and clean code. Choose your hardware, OS and IDE. Bring in your own ideas, work with open source and have fun at product demos, hackathons and meetups.

INTERESTED?
We look forward to receiving your complete online application including your salary expectations, in addition to your earliest possible starting date. If available, please provide a link to any additional online resources like a GitHub and/or Stack Overflow profile.