Engineering Manager, Data Platform & Governance

Lunar ApS; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Health insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Lunar ApS in Copenhagen, Denmark, is hiring an Engineering Manager for the Data Platform & Governance squad. You will lead and grow a team of engineers to build trusted data infrastructure powering analytics, AI, and regulatory reporting across Lunar.

The role emphasizes a strong people-first leadership style, co-creating the mission, and delivering reliable data pipelines and governance standards. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enable Lunar's AI ambitions.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience as an Engineering Manager leading engineering teams.
• Strong ability to balance people management with delivery.
• Experience in data engineering, data platform, or data infrastructure.
• Comfortable operating in a space that's actively defined with a co-created roadmap.
• Clear, direct communicator across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Data Platform & Governance squad — setting the engineering culture, building psychological safety, and ensuring team delivers their best work.
• Own the performance and development of 5–10 engineers with regular feedback and growth plans.
• Drive the squad's core mission: delivering reliable data pipelines, storage, and modelling for the organisation.
• Define and raise the bar on data governance and quality standards across Lunar in partnership with Insights & Data teams.
• Enable Lunar's AI ambitions by ensuring data is structured, accessible, and ready for product and engineering squads.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data engineering

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data governance

Job description

Lunar ApS in Copenhagen, Denmark, is hiring an Engineering Manager for the Data Platform & Governance squad. You will lead and grow a team of engineers to build trusted data infrastructure powering analytics, AI, and regulatory reporting across Lunar.

The role emphasizes a strong people-first leadership style, co-creating the mission, and delivering reliable data pipelines and governance standards. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enable Lunar's AI ambitions.