Data Engineering Manager, Awin
Connecting businesses with customers around the world
Open for applications
Connecting businesses with customers around the world
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower advertisers and publishers of all sizes to grow their businesses online.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional experience in data engineering, of which 2+ years of people management and technical leadership experience
- Experience in cloud-based data platforms, ETL pipelines, and distributed data processing frameworks
- Experience in building and optimizing ML pipelines, including feature engineering, model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Deep understanding of MLOps best practices, including CI/CD for ML, model versioning, experiment tracking, and reproducibility
- Experience with tools used for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and AI/ML development
- Familiarity with data governance, security best practices, and compliance regulations
- A track record of driving strategic initiatives and engineering standardization efforts across multiple teams
- Expertise in managing and mentoring engineering teams, with a passion for fostering career growth and professional development
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, or Kanban methodologies, with the ability to shape and refine development processes
- Experience working in cross-functional setups, collaborating with product teams and business stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in data science, data engineering, business intelligence, business administration or similar education with a focus on data/business intelligence/analytics is preferred
- We also value:
- Strong interest and gaining expertise in people management tasks including recruitment, personnel development, giving feedback and solving interpersonal conflicts – passionate to apply these to foster personal and professional growth in the team
- A proactive and empathetic leadership style, driving motivation and engagement within teams
- Ability to monitor individual performance, provide constructive feedback, and mediate conflicts effectively
- Assists Data Engineering in driving technical excellence within their teams and tribes
- Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying technical and non-technical topics clearly and adapting language for different audiences
- A collaborative mindset, openness to feedback, and willingness to compromise to achieve the best possible outcomes
- Actively supports engineers through knowledge sharing, code reviews, pair programming, etc
- Proactive in raising or fixing concerns/issues, proposing solutions
- Able to compromise, receive feedback and collaborate on effective solution definition
- Preventing unnecessary complexity and premature optimization
- Eager to learn new technologies and new ways to work and open to new perspectives whilst deepening on own area of expertise
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Data Engineering Manager to lead our AI/ML and Data Science Team
- As a Data Engineering Manager, you will lead and mentor a team of 6-12 Data Engineers, fostering collaboration, ownership, and continuous learning to drive the success of our Affiliate Marketing platform
- Your role involves overseeing data solution delivery, aligning engineering efforts with business objectives, and ensuring best practices across data engineering processes
- Beyond day-to-day management, you will play a key role in recruitment, career development, and strategic growth while facilitating collaboration between squads, departments, and stakeholders
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 6-12 Data Engineers, ensuring their growth, performance, and engagement
- Facilitate recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, and career progression planning for Data Engineers
- Establish clear team ownership and promote a culture of autonomy, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement
- Oversee the delivery of data solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and engineering best practices
- Run performance and development review processes, setting and tracking individual development goals through regular 1:1s
- Provide constructive feedback, resolve conflicts, and create a supportive team environment
- Enable teams to take ownership of all stages of the software development lifecycle, including development, deployment, support, and maintenance
- Collaborate with product owners, engineering leadership, and other stakeholders to balance effort vs
- Outcome, ensuring pragmatic and impactful solutions
- Contribute to the strategic direction of the Data Engineering department, driving process improvements and standardization efforts
- Act autonomously under the guidance of the Head of Data Engineering, contributing to department-wide initiatives and decision-making
Our take
Serving a global community of advertisers, agencies, and publishers, Awin provides its clients with tailored business insights, connecting companies with customers across the world by fostering trusted partnerships to drive sustainable growth.
The company’s global affiliate network is spread across 17 offices worldwide, with more than 250,000 contributing publishers and over 25,000 advertisers, and it has made strong partnerships with major companies including ShareASale and Sideqik. Its solutions generated 200 million sales for its advertisers in 2022.
The company has been focusing on boosting its network of agencies and is already turning the conversation toward the future of affiliate marketing (such as metaverse advertising). Awin has shown a high level of adaptability within the market and is well poised to see further substantial growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2014
$0.2m
SEED
Mar 2014
$2.5m
SEED
Total funding: $2.7m
Company benefits
- Private Health/Vision/Dental Insurance
- Up to 28 Days Annual Holiday
- 2 Paid Days Off/Year to Volunteer During Working Hours
- In-House Language Courses
- Subsidised Corporate Gym Membership
- Childcare Vouchers
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Personal & Business Travel Insurance
- Medical, dental and optical insurance
- Season ticket loan
- Free fruit and sweets
Company HQ
Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Adam Ross
(CEO, not founder)Was COO before becoming CEO at Awin. Former COO of Affiliate Window.
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