Airalo

Data Engineering Manager

Airalo

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Spain

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Job Level

SeniorLead

Tech Stack

AirflowAmazon RedshiftApacheBigQueryCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonScalaSparkSQL

About the role

  • Manage, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of Senior Data Engineers and CDP Engineers.
  • Drive hiring for the Data Engineering function.
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Own the technical roadmap for Airalo’s data infrastructure.
  • Drive data-platform architecture decisions.
  • Bridge the data platform with MarTech and third-party ecosystems.
  • Partner with Software Engineering to embed data quality at the source.
  • Establish the foundations for real-time data capabilities.
  • Design systems that prioritize data quality, privacy, and governance standards.
  • Transition the team's workflow from reactive problem-solving to structured, agile delivery.
  • Oversee the maintenance and optimization of high-performance data pipelines.
  • Act as a strategic partner to the Analytics Engineering Manager and Data Director.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional experience as a Data/Software Engineer, with at least 2+ years of experience directly managing and scaling data engineering teams.
  • Thrive in low-maturity or greenfield data environments.
  • Deep, hands-on background with major cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and cloud-native data warehouses (BigQuery preferred, or Snowflake/Redshift).
  • Strong experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster), ELT pipelines (Fivetran, dbt), and distributed data processing frameworks (Apache Spark, Flink).
  • Hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate engineering workflows.
  • Strong coding experience in Python (and/or Scala) and advanced SQL across relational and non-relational databases.
  • Experience implementing CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and observability/monitoring for data pipelines.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field.
Benefits
  • remote work
  • generous PTO
  • wellness and learning allowances
  • annual Airalo Away retreat
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
data engineeringcloud platformscloud-native data warehousesorchestration toolsELT pipelinesdistributed data processing frameworksPythonSQLCI/CDInfrastructure as Code
Soft Skills
team managementmentoringengineering excellencestrategic partnershipagile deliveryproblem-solvingcommunication