Mobile.de is Germany's largest vehicle marketplace with about 1.4 million listed cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Both private customers and more than 40,000 registered vehicle dealers use the platform. Including listing exports to the sister platform Kleinanzeigen, mobile.de reaches about 20 million unique users per month (AGMA digital facts; mobile.de and Kleinanzeigen; categories: cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, motorhomes; Ø month April 2022 to March 2023). As a "one-stop shop," mobile.de offers not only buying and selling services but also financing and leasing solutions, among others. The company, founded in 1996, is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a globally leading provider of online classifieds portals.
mobile.de is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 25+ products in 10 countries.
What you’ll do & Who you are
In the mobile.de data and analytics teams, data is at the heart of everything we do. As the Head of Data Engineering (d/f/m), you will drive our data and tech strategy forward, leading a talented team of data engineers while working at the forefront of modern data practices. This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to influence and shape how data empowers decision-making and progress across our company.
You will report directly to the Director of Data Strategy & Operational Excellence. This is a hybrid role, and our office is based in Berlin Charlottenburg.
You will:
1. Lead our data engineering teams and shape our culture
o Manage three teams of highly skilled data engineers, with their team leads reporting directly to you.
o You raise the bar for our technology and data solutions.
o You will support every data engineer at mobile.de, including those not directly reporting to you, being a mentor and ensuring alignment across teams.
o You foster a collaborative and open culture where team members feel safe to speak their minds, reflect, and grow together.
2. Write our data mesh story
o You will lead the organizational rollout of our data mesh approach, distributing data engineering skills effectively between central and local teams.
o You serve as a key advocate and enabler for data mesh principles.
3. Take ownership of our data architecture
o You take on Data Architect responsibilities, providing deep expertise in designing federated, scalable, robust, and high-performing data solutions.
o You ensure our architecture supports both batch and real-time data needs, leveraging modern tools and methodologies and is built to foster self-service.
4. Be an inspiring data and analytics leader
o As part of the Data and Analytics leadership team, you work closely with peers in analytics, data science, and data strategy to drive our vision forward.
o You build strong relationships with internal customers, ensuring that our success is measured by their success.
Who you are:
We are looking for a professional with more than 8 years experience as a data engineer (or comparable) in general and 5+ years experience in leadership roles.
1. Technical Excellence
o Deep experience with modern data technologies, particularly in cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud, BigQuery, or comparable solutions) and with streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka and real-time analytics).
o Experience designing and implementing
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