Data Team Lead

Who are we?

Founded by leading security and IoT experts, SecuriThings empowers operations and IT professionals to automate the management of physical security devices, while also ensuring full compliance and security within their organization. The solution is trusted by Fortune 100 companies and has been deployed across large organizations in various industries including tech, manufacturing, finance, airports, logistics, higher education, healthcare and more. SecuriThings partners with key systems integrators and device manufacturers to provide unmatched insights, coverage and reliability.

About the Position

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Data Team Lead to join our R&D leadership team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the Data team and leading the development of our data processing, storage and analytics infrastructure to support the growing scale and new product requirements.

As part of the role you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of experienced Data/Backend Engineers responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data infrastructure and data-driven applications
• Oversee the planning and execution of the development cycle (e.g., sprints), ensuring timely and high-quality delivery
• Define, build, and align the Data team roadmap with the company's product vision and overall R&D strategy
• Analyze and optimize performance, scalability, and stability of Data team services
• Collaborate effectively with other R&D teams on cross-functional projects and shared infrastructure
• Take ownership of production incidents related to the Data domain, ensuring clear communication and effective coordination
• Manage team performance and growth through regular 1:1 meetings, constructive feedback, periodic performance reviews, and comprehensive annual evaluations

Requirements

• At least 2 years of proven experience as a Team Lead
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience as a Data or Backend Engineer, preferably in a large-scale, high-throughput production environment. Deep understanding of backend
• Willingness to work in a high-pace environment: proactive, adaptable, and focused on delivering results
• Ability to act under pressure and navigate complex scenarios with clear decision-making and leadership
• Ability to guide and mentor engineers
• Strong familiarity with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum or Kanban), including sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog management, and continuous improvement
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, DevOps, and CS team
• architecture and system design, with a focus on scalability, maintainability and monitoring
• Practical experience designing, developing, and maintaining distributed real-time and batch processing pipelines using tools like Kafka, Spark, Airflow and Apache Storm, along with a strong understanding of the operational aspects of running these pipelines in production
• Hands-on experience working with cloud platforms (such as Azure, AWS), leveraging managed services

Our Values

We believe that we can only win together as a team, and aim for close collaboration and alignment. We think and act beyond the limits and know the only way to achieve our goals is by being innovative, creative, and bold. We strive to lead as experts and become masters of our domain. We are driven to deliver results, well and on time. And of course, we think work shouldn’t be all serious – we make it fun too.