Europe (Berlin-based team)

Lead Data Engineer

Remote | Europe (Berlin-based team)

About the Company

Our client is a Berlin-based, remote-first technology company building advanced market intelligence and software solutions for the automotive industry.

With an established product and a strong technical team, the company operates in a stable growth phase, continuously improving its data platform to deliver highly reliable insights to customers.

You’ll join an experienced, international team where data quality, system reliability, and thoughtful engineering decisions are core to the product.

Role Overview

About the Role

Our client is looking for a Lead Data Engineer who will take full ownership of an existing data product - ensuring data quality, driving improvements, and delivering new data requirements end-to-end.

This is not a pure infrastructure or heavy engineering role.

The core focus is on ownership, analytics, and delivering business value through data.

You will work with an already established data platform and be responsible for understanding the business context, prioritizing incoming requests, and ensuring high-quality, reliable data delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Own the data product end-to-end - from incoming requests to final delivery
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and data requirements
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across the platform
• Analyze data and provide insights to support decision-making
• Prioritize tasks and manage delivery in a structured and independent way
• Coordinate work with a small team (1 data engineer)
• Identify improvements in existing pipelines and data processes
• Use the current data infrastructure to deliver new features and enhancements

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in Data Engineering or Analytics (4+ years)
• Solid SQL skills and understanding of data modeling
• Hands-on experience working with ETL pipelines in production
• Strong analytical thinking and ability to work with business data
• Experience working with stakeholders and translating requirements into data solutions
• High level of ownership and self-organization
• Ability to prioritize and deliver independently in a remote setup

Nice to Have

• Experience in startup or fast-moving environments
• Freelance or remote work experience
• Familiarity with modern data tools (Airflow, dbt, Spark, etc.)
• Experience improving data quality or existing data processes

What Our Client Offers

• High level of ownership and autonomy
• A product-focused role with real impact on business outcomes
• Remote-first environment (Europe-based team)
• Small, focused team with direct communication
• Stable product with existing infrastructure (no need to build from scratch)