Engineering Manager – Data & Modeling

Kiwi.com s.r.o.; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Kiwi.com, a leading travel-tech company, seeks an Engineering Manager for its Data and Modeling team in Barcelona. The role includes leading a data-focused team, crafting data strategies, and collaborating across various departments to enhance data governance and accessibility. In this position, you will drive the adoption of AI technologies and ensure data quality to support strategic decisions.

Servicios

Monthly entitlement of 200 Euro via benefits platform

Flexible working hours

30 paid vacation days

Annual financial bonus

Flight vouchers for anniversaries

Dog-friendly office

Formación

• Extensive experience in business intelligence or analytics roles.
• Proven experience managing large data-focused teams (15+ members).
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks.

Responsabilidades

• Empower Data and Modeling team for performance and professional growth.
• Create and execute comprehensive data strategy for all stakeholders.
• Guide adoption of AI technologies for enhancing business recommendations.

Conocimientos

Data architecture

Data modeling

Business intelligence

SQL

AI/ML implementation

Team leadership

Educación

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Snowflake

Google BigQuery

Power BI

Tableau

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About Kiwi.com

Kiwi.com is a leading global travel-tech company headquartered in the Czech Republic. Our innovative algorithm enables users to find better route options and prices other search engines can’t see, daily performing billions of price checks across 95% of global flight content. Are you bold, bright and curious? Join a global business that’s still got a start-up heart.

About Our Data And Modeling Team

Our Kiwi.com Data and Modeling team is the cornerstone of our data-centric decision-making culture. Operating at the intersection of technology and business, our team transforms raw information into actionable insights that power strategic decisions across our organization. We work closely with Product and Engineering, Business Analytics and Data Platform teams to maintain our critical data assets. We establish data as a strategic differentiator for Kiwi.com, while ensuring the highest data quality and governance standards.

What You Will Do

• You’ll empower our Data and Modeling team, taking responsibility for their performance and professional growth. You’ll support clear paths for learning and development and ensure your team operates at a high level of operational excellence and satisfaction.
• You will be responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive data strategy, proper data governance, accessibility and usability for all stakeholders, including Business Analysts, Senior Management, Product Managers, Engineers and AI tooling.
• You will guide the adoption of AI technologies across Kiwi.com, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, automation and data-centric business recommendations.
• You will review, re-establish, own and maintain our data products—a set of “golden” data models representing our Kiwi.com business in data form.
• By making accurate data accessible to everyone, you will empower our employees to leverage data-centric insights in their work. You’ll be instrumental in removing unnecessary gatekeeping and bottlenecks from the engineering and analytics departments and encourage collaboration.
• As a collaborative leader, you will engage with our cross-functional teams to understand and translate business requirements into technical solutions that deliver meaningful insights and build business value.
• You’ll be hands-on and technically involved, providing guidance on complex problems and remaining current with industry trends and technologies.

What You Will Need

• You are an experienced people leader with extensive experience in business intelligence and / or analytics roles.
• You have proven experience managing large teams (15+ people) in a data-focused setting and a track record of building and nurturing high-performing data teams.
• You bring a deep understanding of data architecture, data modeling and business intelligence platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Power BI, Tableau).
• You have a strong business acumen, a customer-centric mindset and the ability to build excellent technology and data architecture / products based on business and customer needs.
• You bring a strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality methodologies and master data management.
• Your approach is innovative, flexible and resilient - you thrive in fast-changing environments, especially when implementing and scaling AI / ML solutions in a collaborative cross-functional setting.
• You are an excellent communicator, fluent in English and adept at simplifying technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• You demonstrate expertise in SQL, data pipeline tools and at least one programming language (Python, R, etc.).

We offer you

• We offer a hybrid and flexible work environment. A lovely, modern office in the center of Barcelona (Passeig de Gracia) with great views and amenities.
• Monthly entitlement of 200 Euro redeemable through Cobee. Cobee is a benefits platform offering a range of benefits (meals, transport, nursery, health insurance, and physical wellness) and flexible compensation. It also allows our employees to allocate up to 30% of their gross salary to the consumption of certain products or services, leveraging tax exemption.
• We also enjoy benefits, such as flexible working hours, 30 paid vacation days and sick days.
• Annual financial bonus based on company and individual performance.
• Flight vouchers to celebrate your Kiwi anniversaries.
• Dogs are welcome in our offices.

Interested? Join us and help us make travel more accessible to all.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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