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Our culture is energetic and ambitious- we play as a team to win high, leave an impact, and commit to excellence. Fueled by our passion for the perfect product, we use the newest tech stack to get better every single day.\nAt Tipico, we believe in owning our game. Are you ready to step onto the pitch, bring your best self, and become a champion? Then show us your game face - because we’re looking for a Team Lead Data Engineering (m/f/x) to join the team!\n As the central captain, the Team Lead Data Engineering (m/f/x) is accountable for building and operating our essential, reliable data services and platforms (Data Lake, DWH, etc.), ensuring the business has trusted data for every major play. You manage, coach, and mentor a squad of Data Engineers, driving high-quality, scalable solutions aligned with company objectives. 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You ensure peak scalability, blazing performance, and strict adherence to SLAs.\nAct as the ultimate assurance gate, guaranteeing end-to-end data quality, accuracy, and consistency across the Data Platform to power reliable reporting, precise analytics, and meet all regulatory outputs.\nSeamlessly translate complex business requirements into robust technical specifications and concrete delivery plans, partnering strategically with Product Managers, Architects, and key stakeholders.\nAlign all data engineering practices with group standards, relentlessly driving security, compliance, and operational excellence across every process.\nLead the charge in automation, optimisation, and innovation within data processing to continuously boost performance and maximize cost-efficiency.\nActively contribute to the Data Department’s roadmap and objectives, providing leadership support for strategic initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.\n Which skills should you bring to the pitch:\n Education. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Information Technology (IT), or a closely related quantitative field.\n Experience. Minimum of 2+ years of experience successfully managing and leading large-scale data projects and high-performing data engineering team(s) in a similar role.\nBig Data Is Your Thing. From AWS Redshift, S3 and EMR to Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Iceberg and Hudi - designing scalable data models and pipelines that turn massive datasets into business value.\n Engineering Excellence. You bring robust ETL/ELT engineering skills, hands-on experience with analytics/time-series technologies (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch), and strong coding abilities in Java, Scala or Python.\nModern Engineering Environment. You thrive in modern engineering environments - Linux, containers, Kubernetes, and know how to build cloud-first, production-ready data systems.\nTrusted Partner. We need a natural team player with exceptional stakeholder management and strong negotiation skills. You must be a confident decision-maker and a rigorous problem-solver who thrives on finding the optimal path forward for the team.\nNatural Leader. Lead, coach, and mentor our Data Engineering squad, actively fostering a dynamic, collaborative, and high-performance winning culture, serving as an inspiring leader dedicated to open communication and continuous team success.\n This is how we score with you\nEstablished International Group. We have a solid foundation on which to grow.\nPersonal and Professional Growth. We offer you opportunities to develop and grow to unlock your potential.\nRelocation Support. To make your move to Malta as smooth as possible.\n Competitive Package. We care for our employees, offering an indefinite contract, competitive salary, insurances (private health, dental, private accident, sickness and life) and free parking.\nOn-site childcare. We’ve got a game plan to support you and your 3+ year old kids.\nSports Incentive. We want you to remain active and will subsidise a gym membership of your choice.\nModern offices. Our very own Tipico tower provides an open plan space with the latest technology.\nEvents. Sponsored Charity and Team gatherings, we like to have fun together as one team and reinforce our connections.\n Supportive Environment. We believe in collaboration and working together as a team but we also give importance to the uniqueness of each and every one of us.\nThink a career at Tipico’s right for you?\nApply now and join our winning team! If you have any questions or comments about this role, our TA team is happy to help you! 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