Engineering Director: Scale a Governed Data Platform

AQ International; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AQ International is seeking an Engineering Leader to build and scale a high-performing engineering team at their Data Hub. The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day operations, manage sprint deliveries, and partner with the SVP on strategic planning.

With a focus on technical design, quality standards, and team health, this hands-on leadership role requires extensive experience in data engineering and a proven track record of managing engineering teams in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• 5/8+ years in data engineering or related roles.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams with accountability.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing engineering team.
• Own engineering delivery cadence and manage capacity.
• Lead technical design reviews and ensure solution quality.
• Establish and enforce engineering practices.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics engineering

Platform engineering

Team leadership

Technical design

Cross-functional coordination

Code review

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field

Tools

Snowflake

CI/CD tools

Orchestration tools

Job description

AQ International is seeking an Engineering Leader to build and scale a high-performing engineering team at their Data Hub. The successful candidate will oversee day-to-day operations, manage sprint deliveries, and partner with the SVP on strategic planning.

With a focus on technical design, quality standards, and team health, this hands-on leadership role requires extensive experience in data engineering and a proven track record of managing engineering teams in dynamic environments.