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    Lead Data Platform Engineer

    SaaS Group
    Europe, Remotesaas.group
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    about 15 hours ago
    LeadData Platform EngineerGCPGoRemoteAI-native engineering

    Requirements

    • 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or Platform Engineering in production environments
    • Solid Go (Golang) proficiency
    • Strong hands-on experience with GCP Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL
    • Strong SQL and analytical data modeling skills
    • Practical experience with Terraform / IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized workloads (Docker; Cloud Run-style serverless, not cluster Kubernetes)
    • Experience with Protobuf or comparable schema definition and serialization frameworks
    • Familiarity with IVW, OEWA or comparable digital audience measurement standards or a genuine interest in the web analytics domain
    • Experience with AI coding assistants and coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, or similar) and sound judgment in reviewing AI-generated code for quality, security, and operational risk
    • Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
    • Fluent German (C1) required; good English for technical documentation and saas.group collaboration

    What You'll Do

    • Own the end-to-end data platform roadmap and drive its execution from architecture decisions to day-to-day platform operations
    • Take accountability for data ingress, streaming processing, batch aggregation, data modeling, quality, delivery and reporting logic
    • Ensure reliability, scalability and performance through strong monitoring, observability and incident management practices
    • Continuously improve the new GCP-native platform with a focus on stability, cost efficiency, maintainability and business continuity
    • Collaborate closely with Product, Customer Success and Leadership to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
    • Drive AI-native engineering adoption, including AI-assisted coding, refactoring, testing, documentation and code reviews and establish standards for safe, effective use
    • Work with external specialists where useful and establish sustainable internal ownership of all critical platform components

    Nice to Have

    • Familiarity with SQLMesh (or similar dbt-style orchestration tools)

    Benefits

    • 100% remote work
    • Ultimate flexibility to work from wherever and whenever you like
    • Freedom and autonomy with high-trust team environment
    • Minimum bureaucracy with efficient and sustainable momentum
    • Small and friendly team culture
    • Access to a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals for knowledge exchange

    About SaaS Group

    SaaS.group LLC is a Software as a Service Portfolio Company.

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