Data Platform Lead, GotPhoto
School photography digitisation
Open for applications
School photography digitisation
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To allow any photographer to run a successful volume photography business.
Role
Who you are
- Data Engineering Expert – You have at least 5+ years of experience with SQL, Python, ETL/ELT processes, and data modeling
- Cloud & Automation Proficiency – You have hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, and modern data pipeline tools
- Scalable Architecture Mindset – You have a strong understanding of event-driven data architectures and infrastructure-as-code
- Strong Communicator & Collaborator – You are able to engage with stakeholders, explain complex topics clearly, and create alignment across teams
- Supportive Leader & Mentor – You are passionate about fostering an inclusive, empowering, and growth-oriented team culture
What the job involves
- GotPhoto is looking for a Data Platform Lead to join our Platform team in Berlin and take ownership of our data infrastructure
- In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and evolution of our data platform, ensuring it is scalable, reliable, and efficient
- You’ll drive best practices in data engineering, enabling high-quality, well-structured data pipelines that support analytics, reporting, and operational needs
- As a hands-on leader, you will develop robust data solutions, optimize workflows, and mentor a small but skilled team, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration
- Design & Build Scalable Data Infrastructure – Architect and implement a modern, maintainable data platform, ensuring smooth data flow across the organization
- Develop & Optimize Data Pipelines – Build and improve ETL/ELT processes using tools like dbt, Airbyte, and Airflow, ensuring efficiency, robustness, and automation
- Ensure Data Quality & Governance – Define and enforce data contracts, governance frameworks, and observability practices, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability across all pipelines
- Leverage Cloud & DevOps Technologies – Deploy and manage cloud-based data solutions on AWS, orchestrate workloads using Kubernetes, and implement infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD
- Lead & Mentor a High-Performing Team – Guide and support a team of 2 data engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and technical excellence
Our take
Taking professional photos for events and schools is as much an exercise in administration as it is in photography, with a gruelling and largely manual workload of organising photos, taking payments and shipping out prints eating into a photographer's time. GotPhoto exists to make this process much easier, automating promotions, sales and fulfillment, freeing the photographer to focus on their core business.
Considered the leader in its market, GotPhoto has amassed a customer base of about 4000 small-medium business and sole trader clients across the UK, US and DACH regions. While the company has had strong growth in recent years it still has a large market to grow into, with around 70% of volume photographers still relying on manual systems, and a core market growing by 25% year on year as these photographers start to look to the benefits of automation for their businesses.
GotPhoto was acquired by EQT Growth in 2023, providing investment into the platform's development and adding new features. It will also be able to tap its parent company's commercial connections as it aims to grow its lead in an estimated $5 billion market.
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Insights
58% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid holiday and sick leave
- Subsidised fitness membership through Classpass
- Development & learning opportunities through regular check-ins with your team lead, team exchanges and development reviews
- Education budget, that allows you to grow professionally and explore new ideas
- We’ll provide you with all the relevant work equipment you need in order to successfully from the office or your Home Office
- Yearly team holidays at an awesome location (after successful business year)
- Learning budget for regular trainings and coaching, book- & online course-budget of at least 500 €
- Remote work - You have the freedom to decide whether you want to work from home or from the (dog friendly) office in Berlin (for this position, Spain + Portugal is also an option)
- Education budget, that allows you to grow professionally and explore new ideas
- Urban Sport Club membership discount, to keep active even in these isolated times
- Unlimited holidays (26 days are the minimum)
- SpendIt Card - With a monthly sum to spend on your groceries or whatever you like (after your probation period)
Company HQ
Government District, Berlin, Germany
Leadership
Benedikt Greifenhofer
(CEO, not founder)Has been CEO since 2019. Before joining GotPhoto was Controller (Business Development & Strategic Projects) for Daimler Truck AG.
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