Data Infra Team Lead

We are seeking a Data Infrastructure Team Lead to join our Platform group. In this role, you will build and lead a team from the ground up, designing, building, and maintaining critical data infrastructure systems.

These systems will power our data orchestration, distributed storage, and streaming capabilities and ensure they meet the highest scalability, reliability, and security standards.

• Proven experience designing and maintaining large-scale data infrastructure.

• Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL experience is a plus)

• Familiarity with Redis.

• Hands-on experience with streaming systems such as Apache Kafka.

• Strong knowledge of analytical engines and columnar databases.

• Experience with data orchestration tools and distributed storage solutions.

• Ability to lead a team, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Skills

• Experience with cloud-based data infrastructure solutions (e.g., AWS, GCP).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Build and lead a high-performing Data Infrastructure team.

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable data systems, including data orchestration pipelines, distributed storage, and streaming infrastructure.

• Ensure data systems meet performance, security, and availability standards.

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to meet business goals.

• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our data infrastructure remains cutting-edge.

Join our village

HiBob is a village filled with amazing people and we’re especially proud of that. It’s a place where Bobbers can be themselves. We’re about fun, dreams, hopes and ambition, just as much as we are about precision, growth, and top performance. Becoming a Bobber means you’ll receive competitive compensation, benefits, and pre-IPO equity alongside all of this:

• Company share options plan
• We have a flexible hybrid working model
• Work from home allowance- to get your home office set up!
• Payment for sick leave from the first day
• 2 Social Impact days per year for volunteering
• Annual Headspace subscription and wellness benefits
• Awesome employee referral program- $2,500 for each successful referral with an additional ambassador programme
• 10 bis or cibus/wolt- you get to pick!
• Transportation allowance
• Dog-friendly
• Temporary remote work from anywhere in the world for up to 2 months (after 6 months of employment)
• Fun company and team social events (locally and virtually with our global teams)
• Bob balance days - 4 additional days within a calendar year - Enjoy a company-wide long weekend at the beginning of each quarter

If this sounds like something you’ve been looking for, we’d love to have you. Come on, join our village!