Team Lead Data Engineering Marketing (m/f/d)

Cerebras; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading technology company in Düsseldorf is seeking a Data Engineering team lead to manage and grow a high-performing team of engineers. This role requires hands-on technical skills in Python and SQL, as well as strong leadership abilities. You will design and maintain data pipelines supporting various marketing strategies, ensuring quality and reliability. The company offers a hybrid working model and numerous benefits, including generous vacation days and a commitment to work-life balance.

Leistungen

30 days of holidays + Cultural Heritage Day + 2 extra days for Christmas

Hybrid working model

Company pension scheme

Life Assurance Cover

Volunteering days

Job bike

Discounted parking or job ticket

Discounted Urban Sports Club membership

In-house gym

In-house barista

Pet-friendly office

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience leading and developing Data Engineers.
• Strong hands-on background in Python and SQL.
• Ability to build stable, scalable, and well-tested data pipelines.

Aufgaben

• Lead and mentor a team of Data Engineers.
• Own design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure data solutions meet business needs.

Kenntnisse

Python

SQL

Data engineering practices

Leadership

Cloud-based data platforms

Stakeholder management

Tools

dbt

Airflow

AWS

Jobbeschreibung

Company Description

At The Stepstone Group, we have a simple yet very important mission: The right job for everyone. Using our data, platform, and technology, we create opportunities for jobseekers and companies around the world to find a perfect match in fair and equitable way. With over 20 brands across 30+ countries, we strive for fair and unbiased hiring.

Join our team of 4,000+ employees and be part of reshaping the labour market and becoming the world’s leading job platform.

Job Description

We are looking for a Data Engineering team lead (m/f/d) to lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining the data foundations that power our marketing, commercial, and analytics domains. This role combines people leadership with hands‑on technical depth in Python, SQL, and modern data engineering practices.

You will ensure the team delivers high‑quality, scalable data pipelines and models, works effectively with cross‑functional partners, and operates with strong ownership and engineering excellence.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Data Engineers, fostering a high‑performing and collaborative culture
• Own the design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines supporting B2C marketing, B2B marketing, and commercial domains
• Promote best practices in data architecture, data modeling, testing, and observability
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance and review complex Python, SQL, and dbt implementations when needed
• Ensure reliable and scalable data flows across tracking, attribution, customer journeys, and performance reporting
• Collaborate closely with Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, Product, and Commercial teams to translate business needs into robust data solutions
• Drive continuous improvements in data quality, cost efficiency, and engineering standards

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and developing Data Engineers (first‑line management), combined with a strong hands‑on background in Python, SQL, and modern data engineering practices
• Experience working with cloud‑based data platforms and orchestration tools, including technologies such as Python, SQL, dbt, Airflow, AWS (S3, Lambda), Redshift or similar data warehouses, Kafka or other event‑driven systems, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (e.g. Terraform)
• Familiarity with marketing and commercial data sources such as GA4, Adjust, or comparable tools is a strong advantage
• Ability to build and operate stable, scalable, and well‑tested data pipelines and high‑quality data models with strong documentation and observability
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling trusted collaboration with Marketing, Product, Commercial, Analytics, and Data teams
• Demonstrated focus on continuous improvement in data quality, reliability, cost efficiency, and overall engineering maturity

Additional Information

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 30 days of holidays + 1 Cultural Heritage Day + 2 extra days for Christmas and New Year's Eve
• Hybrid working model
• Company pension scheme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Volunteering days
• Job bike
• Discounted parking or job ticket
• Discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• In‑house gym
• In‑house barista
• And you can bring your dog to the office!

Our commitment

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.