Lead Data Platform Engineer

Clera
Berlin, Germany
8 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Data Cleansing Data Infrastructure Python (Programming Language) Operational Databases Query Optimization Standard Sql Systems Integration Enterprise Software Applications Build Tools Data Management

Job description

Lead the design and operation of a data platform for an AI-enabled procurement technology business. This hands-on technical leadership role will shape how enterprise data is connected, protected, and transformed into reliable analytics, working closely with product and engineering teams and customer IT teams., * Design multi-tenant architecture and reusable data models that keep customer information isolated, secure, and efficient to query.

  • Build data cleaning, reconciliation, and calculation foundations for spend analysis, supplier comparisons, benchmarks, and simulations.
  • Develop repeatable integrations with enterprise systems such as ERPs, including synchronization patterns and access controls.
  • Own ingestion, orchestration, monitoring, and recovery, and build tools that make onboarding and troubleshooting more efficient.
  • Collaborate with customer IT teams to understand their data, schemas, APIs, permissions, and integration needs.
  • Experiment with AI development tools and automation to improve how the team builds and delivers data capabilities.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience building and operating production data systems, including ownership of architecture and implementation.
  • Strong SQL and Python skills, with practical experience in data modeling and query optimization.
  • Experience designing multi-tenant systems with data isolation and access controls.
  • Experience integrating enterprise systems and working directly with customer IT teams.
  • Sound technical judgment, initiative, and the ability to execute quickly; experience in data-intensive B2B SaaS or fintech is useful, but procurement expertise is not required.

Benefits & conditions

Competitive salary and meaningful equity are offered. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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