Remote Lead Data Platform Engineer: Lakehouse & Spark

Relativity; Białystok; Remote; PLN 232,000 - 348,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company is seeking a Tech/Team Lead to oversee a specialized team focused on data analytics and reporting. You will guide engineering efforts in designing and maintaining data platforms while ensuring adherence to best practices. This role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and innovation, requiring expertise in modern data technologies and effective communication with stakeholders. Compensation includes a competitive salary range of 232,000 to 348,000 PLN and various benefits including flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Flexible work arrangements

Two week-long company breaks per year

Unlimited time off

Long-term incentive program

Training investment program

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical teams in data engineering or platform development.
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; hands‑on experience with Apache Spark for distributed data processing.
• Expertise in Delta Lake and/or Apache Iceberg for lakehouse architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data platform engineers.
• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems and lakehouse platforms.
• Oversee design and implementation of scalable data pipelines and analytics workflows.

Skills

Leading technical teams in data engineering

Programming in Python

Programming in SQL

Hands-on with Apache Spark

Understanding of software engineering principles

Communication and stakeholder management

Performance tuning

Familiarity with dbt

Familiarity with Databricks

Familiarity with Snowflake

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Infrastructure-as-code tools

Job description

A tech company is seeking a Tech/Team Lead to oversee a specialized team focused on data analytics and reporting. You will guide engineering efforts in designing and maintaining data platforms while ensuring adherence to best practices. This role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and innovation, requiring expertise in modern data technologies and effective communication with stakeholders. Compensation includes a competitive salary range of 232,000 to 348,000 PLN and various benefits including flexible work arrangements.