Senior Data Engineering Manager

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table, and we are on a mission to connect the world’s favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners. 

Finding the best dining experience for our Diners community or boosting restaurant performance for our Restaurateurs Partners has never been easier thanks to our signature products: 

• 📱TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease.

• 💻TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations, empowering our Restaurateurs to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue.
• 💳TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app

At TheFork, we also believe that people truly make the difference. None of this would be possible without our vibrant Forkies community. Our strong core values—Better Together, Ownership, Respect, and Growth—are the guiding principles of everything we do, shaping our behaviors: “Come as you are,” “Dig in,” and “Make it Memorable”.  

TheFork leads the restaurant booking market in Europe and operates in 11 countries. Our offices boast a fully international team working together in a flexible, multicultural, and constructive environment that provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally.

To learn more about TheFork and our Forkies, explore our official site: https://www.careers.thefork.com

What you will do:

We are on a journey to revolutionize our data capabilities through the modernization of our Data Platform, unlocking insights and innovations that will power the company’s future. 

We’re looking for a leader in data engineering who can inspire his team to drive the future of data in our company. If you're excited about leading from the front and pushing boundaries, join us as a Data Engineering Manager.

You will lead a team of middle and senior data engineers to implement and maintain best practices in data processing, according to the Data Lakehouse approach. You will: 

• Participate in our data transformation program
• Design and build data collection, real time ingestion, and validation pipelines from various sources.
• Propose and build our AI robust foundations with data scientists
• Collaborate with Devops and DevXp teams to implement engineering best practices
• Lead by example, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the data engineering team, ensuring collaboration and alignment with broader business and product objectives
• Mentor and upskill team members
• Propose and validate architecture designs with Data Architects.
• Coordinate and run Proofs of Concept (POCs).
• Refactor and improve the orchestration design using Airflow.
• Management, Architecture, Upskilling = 70%, Hands-On = 30%

You will directly report to the Platform Engineering Director.

Who you are:

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications 

• Proven leadership and mentorship experience guiding data engineering teams.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Data Lakehouse architectures and implementation.
• Proficiency in Python and Airflow.
• Solid understanding of Data Mesh principles.
• Expertise in AWS services and Advanced SQL.
• Experience with data modeling and knowledge of medallion architecture.
• Familiarity with Terraform.

You Can Impress With These Additions

• Experience with Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Snowflake.
• Understanding of Data Governance & Data Quality principles.
• Knowledge of Spark.

What we offer you: 

😄 An awesome team 

🏠 A permanent contract (that can be useful in life) 

⚖️ Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week +  up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)

💚 Complementary time off to spend with your loved ones 

💸 Competitive fixed salary, bonus and equity (yes, equity!) 

🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day + some free Yums (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants) 

🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe

🤝Highly inclusive working environment

🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse  expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc 

🎓 Continuous learning and development programs

👶 Financial benefits in the events of a birth, adoption, PACS, or wedding  

😌 Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey

🐣Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)

🚝 Transportation allowance 

🏥 72% of health insurance fully covered by the company 

👩‍🦽 Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee

🍴 Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area    

🎤 Team building events  

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure  that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under  applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application,  interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly

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