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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Data Engineering - **Company:** Overwolf View All Jobs - **Location:** Lair, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Business Intelligence Development, BigQuery, Business Systems, Software as a Service, Cloud Database, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Systems, Data Warehousing, SQL Databases, Technical Data Management Systems, Workflow Management Systems, Snowflake, Data Lakes, Core Data, Information Technology, Marketplace, Data Pipelines - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/jobad/gb14d97a7dc20ff8ba3dbe1a7d00152107 ## About the Role * 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. ## 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. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Making Data Warehouses fast. 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