Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, Data, DevOps
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will lead a senior team, drive data platform strategies, build integrations with ERP systems, and create internal tools to support business processes.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As Data Platform Lead, you will be the people manager of a small, senior team and the domain expert steering AMBOSS's end-to-end data platform strategy.
- Beyond owning platform evolution and pipelines, you and your team also own the integration layer to our ERP and other core business systems.
- On top of that, you build small services and internal tools that solve specific business and operations problems.
- One current example is our master data management service for medical institutions around the world, which powers B2B commercial work and product experience.
- Communication with stakeholders across Commercial, Product, Finance, Operations and Medical is constant.
- Engineering excellence still matters, but coordination, prioritization, fast judgement calls and a strong hands-on mentality matter at least as much.
- Set the course. Own and sequence the roadmap across the data platform, ERP and business systems integrations, plus the internal tools and services your team builds and runs.
- Own the Single Source of Truth for the entire company so Analysts, Scientists and stakeholders across departments speak the same data language and use the same metrics.
- Develop the team. Hire, mentor, and grow 3 to 5 Data Engineers. Conduct clear goal-setting and feedback cycles.
- Architect for scale. Design and review core components: batch and real-time pipelines, modeling layers, integrations, governance, observability and CI/CD so Analysts, Data Scientists and other Engineering teams can self-serve with confidence.
- Build internal services and tools to unblock the business. Our master data management service for medical institutions is one example. Expect more of these as the business grows.
- Partner with Commercial, Finance, Product, Operations, and Medical. Translate ambiguous business needs into systems and data products that move the company forward.
- Navigate ambiguity and stay hands-on. Create structure where there is none, sequence the work pragmatically and make the call when there is no obvious right answer.
- Raise the bar. Codify engineering standards for code quality, testing, reliability and incident response. Scale agentic coding and AI-assisted workflows so a small team can punch above its weight.
- Stay tool-agnostic: evaluate, pilot and when needed retire technologies based on evidence rather than hype.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Hands-on expertise with cloud warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake) and at least one major cloud provider (AWS or GCP).
- Proven CI/CD and IaC skills (GitHub Actions, Terraform or similar).
- Solid grasp of data modelling, governance and observability patterns.
- A track record of working closely with Commercial, Finance, Operations or Analytics stakeholders and treating them as first-class partners.
- A bias to action in ambiguous situations. You would rather make a reasonable call and adjust than wait for perfect information.
- Hands-on fluency with agentic coding AI tools (like Claude Code) and a track record of using AI to accelerate engineering work.
- Excellent English communication. German is a plus.
- Bonus: exposure to AI/LLM workloads or vector databases on the production side.
Experience
- 5+ years in data engineering or data platform roles, including 2+ years leading projects or people.
- Deep SQL and strong Python. Production experience with Airflow, dbt or comparable frameworks.
- Experience integrating with or building against business systems such as ERP, Shop or even Bank integrations. You are comfortable owning that layer end to end.
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What we offer
- AMBOSSians tell us that innovative work keeps them energized and employee benefits help them to feel appreciated and empowered.
- We invest in every AMBOSSian with our employee benefits package, crafted to support financial, physical, and mental health, and work-life harmony.
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Amboss
AMBOSS is the ultimate learning and reference platform for medical students – from their first day of university all the way to their final exams. With its intuitive design, useful features, and comprehensive knowledge base, AMBOSS is always a great help.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Handcraft, Trade
Team Lead - Data Platform
- Location
- Cologne
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
