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In this role, you will develop a scalable data platform, lead a team of data engineers, and optimize data operations to deliver reliable solutions for market analytics and client requirements.
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Your role in the team
- Translate market data and client requirements into platform capabilities, aligning technical solutions with business and product objectives.
- Define and deliver the data platform vision by building and operating a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective infrastructure that underpins index construction, analytics, and client delivery.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team of ~30 data engineers and operations professionals, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Oversee end-to-end data operations, from ingesting and normalizing hundreds of external market data sources to reliably distributing data internally.
- Shape data architecture and governance frameworks to ensure data quality, lineage, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Drive strategic alignment and execution across engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver on shared business outcomes.
- Promote innovation and systems thinking by evaluating internal and external solutions or services to ensure the platform evolves with new technologies, data sources, and business needs.
- Communicate vision and progress effectively to stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Partner with HR and senior leadership to attract, develop, and retain top talent, building sustainable leadership and technical depth within the team.
Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Domain Knowledge: Understanding of financial market data (e.g., pricing, reference, corporate actions, ESG, and alternative data).
- Technical Expertise:
- Proven ability to operate large-scale data ingestion and processing systems handling financial or reference data.
- Leadership: Track record of leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver business-critical systems in complex environments.
- Soft Skills: Excellent communicator with strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities.
Experience
- Experience: 10+ years in data engineering, platform management, or infrastructure leadership, including 5+ years leading large teams.
- Deep experience with modern data architectures and tools (e.g., Kafka, Airflow, Flink, Iceberg, Databricks, Snowflake, AWS/GCP/Azure).
What we offer
- Global Team: Join our motivated international team at Solactive
- FinTech Excellence: Experience FinTech excellence at Solactive
- Modern Culture: Enjoy our modern, flat hierarchy and startup-like culture
- Responsibility & Connections: Take over responsibility from day one and build relationships inside and outside the company.
- Vacation: Enjoy 30 annual vacation days, plus extra time off for Christmas Eve and New Year
- Competitive Compensation: Receive a competitive compensation package
- Special Benefits: Job ticket, access to Corporate Benefits, modern office space with ergonomic setup, employee lounge, and free beverages and fruit
- Community & Networking: Engage in our various networking events
- Professional Development: Grow both personally and professionally through our diverse training offers
- Flexibility: Embrace a flexible work culture with the freedom to choose your work hours, all within a diverse and dynamic environment
Benefits
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About your employer
Solactive is a leading provider of financial market indices, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The company develops, calculates, and markets cost-effective indices for different asset classes such as equities, bonds, and commodities. Solactive is known for its high-quality indices, which give investors the opportunity to successfully invest in different asset classes.
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- Established Company
- Onsite, Hybrid
- Banking, Finance, Insurance
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- 3.3
- Career growth
- 3.4
- Working conditions
- 2.8
- Engineering
- 3.1
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