Data Engineering Tech Lead (Kafka, AWS)

Aviva plc; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonus

Private medical care (ENEL-MED)

Employee Shares Plan

Hybrid working model

Job summary

Aviva plc is seeking a Date Engineering Technical Lead to shape our enterprise data foundations and lead a cross-functional team in building a cloud-native ODS platform. You will own delivery, drive scalable data pipelines, and implement event-driven architectures using Kafka/MSK, AWS Glue, and containerised services.

You will mentor engineers, break down architecture into actionable tasks, review code, and ensure quality while promoting best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven expertise in Kafka and event-driven architectures (MSK preferred).
• Experience building scalable data ingestion, processing and movement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentor a team of data and backend engineers.
• Guide development of Kafka/MSK based streaming pipelines and AWS Glue ETL jobs.
• Ensure delivery of scalable, resilient systems and promote best practices across the codebase.

Skills

Kafka

Event-driven architecture

Team leadership

SQL

Python

Java

Tools

AWS Glue

ECS

Spring Boot

MSK

Python

Job description

Hi, we\'re glad you\'re here! We are hiring to our Aviva Services Excellence Centre! Take a look at our job description - maybe it suits you or one of your friends? As a Date Engineering Technical Lead you will play a critical leadership role in shaping Aviva's enterprise data foundations, ensuring data is engineered to be trusted, scalable and accessible across the organisation. The role is to lead a cross-functional engineering team in building a cloud-native Operational Data Store (ODS) platform. You will take ownership of technical delivery, leading developers to build scalable, event-driven data pipelines and microservices using Kafka (MSK), AWS Glue, ECS, and containerised applications (Spring Boot / Python). This is a hands‑on lead role, focused on delivering high-quality engineering outcomes while embedding standards and best practices.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for:

• Technical Leadership & Team Guidance
  • Lead and mentor a team of data and backend engineers
  • Break down architecture into clear, implementable tasks and designs
  • Review code, ensure quality, and drive engineering best practices
  • Act as the go‑to technical escalation point for the team
• Delivery & Engineering
  • Guide the development of: Kafka / MSK-based streaming pipelines
  • AWS Glue ETL jobs (Python/PySpark)
  • Containerised microservices (ECS, Spring Boot / Python)
  • Ensure delivery of scalable, resilient, and high‑performing systems
  • Drive CI/CD, testing, and observability (logs/metrics) standards
• ODS Platform Implementation
  • Implement end-to-end ODS data flows
  • Apply event-driven and API-based integration patterns
  • Ensure alignment to canonical data models and schemas
  • Enforce config-driven / metadata-driven approaches (e.g. YAML mapping)
  • Promote reusable patterns for ingestion, transformation, and publishing
  • Contribute to establishing the \"golden path\" for domain onboarding

What we\'re looking for?

We are searching for an experienced lead or a senior engineer ready to step into a leadership role, with:

• 5+ years of relevant professional experience
• Proven expertise in: Kafka and event-driven architectures (MSK preferred)
• AWS data stack (Glue, S3, ECS, Postgres/Aurora)
• SQL and data modelling
• Experience building scalable data ingestion, processing and movement solutions
• Ability to write and review code in Java, Python, or another modern programming language
• Solid understanding of: Operational Data Stores (ODS)
• Data modelling and transformation patterns
• Integration patterns (API, event streaming, CDC)
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in large-scale transformation programmes

In Aviva Services Excellence Centre, we provide:

• Contract of employment
• Performance Bonus
• Private medical care (ENEL-MED)
• Cafeteria system of benefits (e.g. MultiSport card)
• Additional parent privileges: baby leave - 6 weeks leave for second parent
• Shortened working time after parental leave
• Employer-funded group insurance
• Employee Shares Plan
• Extra day off for birthday
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Additional leave acquired over the years in the company (even 5 days more in a year)
• Wellbeing Leave - additional two weeks paid leave after 10 years of service
• Psychological support consultations
• Access to the e-learning platforms
• Internal employee referral program
• Hybrid working model from Poland with a few days in Warsaw office per month
• Attractive office location in Warsaw - Gda\'nski Business Center
• Additional entitlements for people with disabilities - Work Without Barriers
• Work environment that promotes diversity - Diversity Charter

We do not require from candidates the date of birth, marital status and attached photos to your CV. We encourage all individuals regardless of gender to apply. Most of our people are smart working – spending also time in our office - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We\'re inclusive - we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

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We help our 19.5 million customers to save for the future and manage the risks of everyday life. To give these customers the best possible products and service we know we must make Aviva the most attractive choice for talented, entrepreneurial people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. So, we\'re passionate about helping our 23,000 people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to the lives of our customers.