Senior Data Engineering Manager

The Fork; Paris; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working environment

Lunch vouchers

International teams

Inclusive working environment

Learning and development programs

Life & Disability Insurance

Parental leave

Office dining & leisure areas

Résumé du poste

TheFork is seeking a Senior Data Engineering Manager to lead two data teams focused on building and maintaining a scalable data platform. You will drive data lakehouse initiatives, governance, and best practices, collaborating with governance, product, and architects to meet evolving data and engineering needs.

You will report to the Head of the tribe and shape data platform roadmaps, pipelines, and data products in a fast-growing, international environment with flexible hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and mentorship experience guiding data engineering teams.
• Extensive experience with Data Lakehouse architectures and implementation.
• Solid understanding of Data Mesh, including domain ownership, federated governance, and data product design.
• Solid understanding of Data Governance and Quality, covering metadata management, data lineage, and data observability.

Responsabilités

• Own and drive data platform roadmaps and strategy.
• Lead two teams of Data Engineers and Data Ops.
• Maintain robust batch ingestion and validation pipelines.
• Contribute to a self-service data platform and governance practices.
• Collaborate with Architects to shape system architecture and standards.
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of excellence.
• Run Proofs of Concept (POCs) to validate new approaches.

Connaissances

Leadership

Data Engineeering teams

Data Lakehouse

Data Mesh

Data Governance

AWS

Terraform

Python

SQL

Snowflake

Airflow

Data modeling

Outils

Snowflake

Airflow

Terraform

Description du poste

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture!

At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table, and we are on a mission to connect the world’s favorite restaurants and the broadest community of loyal diners.

Finding the best dining experience for our Diners community or boosting restaurant performance for our Restaurateurs Partners has never been easier thanks to our signature products:

• TheFork App: our free restaurant discovery & booking app that helps you find your next table with ease.


• TheFork Manager: our innovative software tool that digitizes restaurant operations, empowering our Restaurateurs to manage bookings efficiently and boost their revenue.


• TheFork PAY and TheFork Gift Card: quick and easy ways to pay directly from TheFork app

At TheFork, we also believe that people truly make the difference. None of this would be possible without our vibrant Forkies community. Our strong core values—Better Together, Ownership, Respect, and Growth—are the guiding principles of everything we do, shaping our behaviors: “Come as you are,” “Dig in,” and “Make it Memorable”.

TheFork leads the restaurant booking market in Europe and operates in 11 countries. Our offices boast a fully international team working together in a flexible, multicultural, and constructive environment that provides everyone with space to grow, both professionally and personally.

We are on a journey to revolutionize our data capabilities through the modernization of our Data Platform, unlocking insights and innovations that will power the company’s future.

We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineering Manager who can lead and inspire teams to drive the future of data in our company. If you’re passionate about leading from the front and pushing boundaries, join us on this journey.

You will lead 2 teams composed of Data Engineers and Data Ops to implement and maintain best practices in data processing, according to the Data Lakehouse approach.

You will work closely with Data Governance, Product Management and Architects to drive platform improvements and support the ever evolving needs of data and engineering teams.

You will:

• Own the data platform roadmaps


• Enhance and maintain robust batch ingestion and validation pipelines.


• Participate in our data transformation program taking direct ownership of the creation of a self-service data platform and contributing to the implementation of data governance principles.


• Collaborate with engineering teams to implement engineering best practices within the data ecosystem.


• Lead by example, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement within the data engineering team, ensuring collaboration and alignment with broader business and product objectives


• Mentor and upskill team members


• Contribute to system architecture designs with Architects.


• Coordinate and run Proofs of Concept (POCs).

You will directly report to the Head of the tribe.

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications

• Proven leadership and mentorship experience guiding data engineering teams.


• Extensive experience with Data Lakehouse architectures and implementation.


• Solid understanding of Data Mesh, including domain ownership, federated governance, and data product design.


• Solid understanding of Data Governance and Quality, covering metadata management, data lineage, and data observability in general.


• Proven experience using AWS services and familiar with infrastructure as code (Terraform).


• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Snowflake and Airflow.


• Experience with data modeling and knowledge of medallion architecture.

You Can Impress With These Additions

• Experience with Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake.


• Realtime data processing at scale.

What we offer you:

A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)

Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)

Lunch vouchers available for each working day

International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe

Highly inclusive working environment

Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc

Continuous learning and development programs

Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey

Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)

Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee

Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavour to ensure that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio‑economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

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