Head of Data Engineering

Overwolf View All Jobs
Blairgowrie, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Blairgowrie, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API
Artificial Intelligence
Airflow
Business Intelligence
Google BigQuery
Business Systems
Software as a Service
Cloud Database
Databases
Information Engineering
Data Infrastructure
ETL
Data Systems
Data Warehousing
SQL Databases
Technical Data Management Systems
Workflow Management Systems
Snowflake
Data Lake
Core Data
Information Technology
Marketplace
Data Pipelines

Job description

We're on the hunt for a hands-on, highly technical Head of Data Engineering to evolve and scale Overwolf's data foundation. As our Data Systems Maestro, you'll own the systems that power decision-making across Overwolf - including our data warehouse, pipelines, platform, and the solutions behind internal teams and user-facing products. You'll lead a talented data team while shaping a reliable, scalable ecosystem used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers worldwide. So if you thrive on turning complex data challenges into elegant solutions, love building high-performing teams, and want to help power the future of gaming and UGC - join our quest. Responsibilities: In this role, you will:

  • Engineer, maintain, and scale Overwolf's core data warehouse, pipelines, and data platform.
  • Design and manage reliable ETL and ELT flows across databases, APIs, event streams, business systems, and data lakes.
  • Own data quality, event tracking, governance, and the company's source-of-truth systems.
  • Build data solutions for internal teams and external user-facing products used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers.
  • Partner with business teams to transform data needs into robust self-serve analytics and AI-assisted insights.
  • Lead and mentor data engineers, BI developers, and analysts while raising the technical bar across the data organization.
  • Champion accessible data tooling and help foster a data-driven culture across the company.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • 7+ years of data engineering experience, preferably in a startup or fast-paced technology company.
  • 4+ years of management experience, preferably in B2B2C, marketplace, SaaS, or consumer-scale environments.
  • Proven experience building and leading technical data teams, including data engineers, BI developers, and analysts.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and scaling cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake.
  • Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, ETL and ELT pipelines, orchestration tools such as Airflow, and analytics-ready data models.
  • Experience owning data quality, governance, event tracking, and company-wide source-of-truth systems.
  • Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, marketplace dynamics, and user behavior analytics.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at all levels.

Bonus Points

  • Passion for gaming, creators, and the creator economy.
  • Ability to tame wild data dragons, conquer pipeline dungeons, and keep dashboards flowing before your first cup of mana - or coffee, for that matter.

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