Data Engineering Team Lead

We are seeking a passionate and hands-on Data Engineering Team Leader to join our TLV site and contribute to the development of our revolutionary Compliance-as-a-Service platform. As a key member of our Research and Development (R&D) department, you will play a crucial role in building and enhancing our cloud-based platform, automating IT auditing for SaaS globally.

Responsibilities - What you’ll be doing?

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL pipelines using Airflow, Spark, and Snowflake.
• Contribute to early decision-making, architecture, design, and technological research.
• Implement integrations with third-party providers and internal services.
• Design and develop Scytale’s new cloud-based platform using cutting-edge technologies such as AWS cloud, Spark, Airflow, Snowflake, microservices, and more.
• Implement best practices for data integration, transformation, and storage.
• Optimize and tune data workflows for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers providing L3 Support.
• Ensure data quality and data governance practices are implemented and maintained.

Requirements - does this describe you?

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data engineering with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Proficiency in developing data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes using Python, Spark and Airflow.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL.
• 5+ Hands-on experience with relational databases. (Snowflake is advantage)
• Familiarity with big data technologies and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with Apache Kafka or similar event processing / queue architectures is an advantage.
• People-person with excellent communication and project management skills.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Self-driven, motivated, independent, yet communicative and collaborative.
• High English proficiency with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Who we are:

Scytale is a cyber risk startup on a mission to make SaaS security compliance smart, effortless, and simple. We work tirelessly to create an automated end-to-end solution for startups and tech enterprises that struggle with meeting security audit demands.

Scytale is backed by VAT IT Group, which serves over 15,000 customers worldwide, including numerous Fortune 500 companies for more than 22 years.