Lead Data Engineer

TL;DR

Lead Data Engineer (Batch & Streaming): Architect, scale, and optimize distributed data architectures for massive pipelines with an accent on scalability, security, AI integration, and cost-efficiency. Focus on leading data engineering team, implementing monitoring and data quality testing, and ensuring GDPR compliance across international workflows.

Location: Fully Remote (offices in Paris, Lille, London)

Company

hirify.global is an independent suite of AI-powered advertising technologies for web, apps, CTV, delivering higher revenues for publishers and advertisers through products like Actirise, FastCMP, Meetscale, Viously, and Voxeus.

What you will do

• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of distributed data architectures for batch and streaming pipelines.
• Ensure scalability, security, performance (99.9%+ availability), and cost-efficiency of data infrastructure.
• Mentor team of 2 data engineers, set code quality standards, oversee execution, and promote CI/CD & DataOps best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, and analytics teams to align data needs with business objectives.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, automated data quality testing, and GDPR compliance.
• Identify emerging tech opportunities and champion Generative AI tools for productivity.

Requirements

• 6+ years in Data Engineering, 2+ years in leadership role in fast-paced environments.
• Expert in distributed data systems, clustering, materialized views, table optimization.
• Solid skills in Python, Golang, Scala/Java; deep Kafka expertise for streaming/batch pipelines.
• Hands-on with on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure, Prometheus monitoring, column-oriented and vector databases (e.g. Qdrant), SQL/NoSQL.
• Experience with CI/CD, DataOps, project tools like Flyspray.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Generative AI tools in engineering workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Dynamic remote culture: work flexibly from home or offices in Paris, Lille, London.
• Close-knit team with collaboration, innovation, social events.
• Rapid growth company with career development, training, internal mobility, quarterly feedback.
• Work-life balance: RTT days, comprehensive health and pension plans, Swile card for meals.

Hiring process

• Discussions on motivations, ambitions, hirify.global mindset with Talent Acquisition.
• Analytical and business logic tests.
• Interviews with team members including future manager; reference checks.
• Mainly videoconference, some stages may be in-person.