Lead Data Engineer | Lead Data Engineer (m/f/d)

ThoughtWorks Deutschland GmbH Standort Hamburg

Hamburg, Hamburg, Deutschland
Published Jul 31, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

As a Lead Data Engineer at Thoughtworks, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and operating modern data architectures to achieve critical business objectives. Your role involves leading data engineering projects from inception to completion, collaborating with stakeholders to align data solutions with strategic goals, and creating intricate data processing pipelines. You'll work closely with data scientists to implement scalable models and ensure data governance, security, and privacy. This position demands hands-on coding, team leadership, and the ability to advise clients on distributed storage and computing technologies. You will also be responsible for defining and integrating data quality strategies into daily operations, making this a pivotal role for someone passionate about data and leadership.

Required Skills

Education

Not specified

Experience

  • Experience in leading the system design and implementation of technical solutions
  • Professional experience in creating Big Data architecture, building and operating data pipelines, and maintaining data storage within distributed systems
  • Deep understanding of data modeling and experience with modern data engineering tools and platforms
  • Experience in writing clean, high-quality code
  • Experience in building and deploying large-scale data pipelines and data-centric applications using distributed storage and processing platforms in a production setting
  • Experience with data visualization techniques and communicating insights
  • Experience with data-driven approaches and applying data security and privacy strategy
  • Experience with different types of databases (SQL, NoSQL, data lake, data schemas)
  • Proven leadership with a track record of encouraging professional development and relationships

Languages

German (Fluent)

Additional

  • Not specified