Remote Associate Data Engineering Manager - Lead a High-Impact Team

About the Role

We're hiring a Remote Associate Data Engineering Manager to join our innovative team at RoomPriceGenie. In this pivotal role, you will help shape our Market Data team, ensuring we acquire, structure, and scale external data sources effectively. This position offers a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact team while working remotely within Europe.

What You'll Do

• Build, lead, and develop a team of backend and data engineers, fostering a high-performance culture from day one.
• Run regular 1:1s, provide feedback, and actively mentor engineers in both technical and professional growth.
• Drive the design of scalable, maintainable, and cost-efficient data acquisition and transformation systems.
• Establish strong engineering best practices in system design, testing, observability, and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with Product and senior engineering leadership to define the roadmap and create a high-performing team culture.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that impact company-wide data strategy.
• Stay technically involved through code reviews and architectural discussions.
• Support engineers in solving complex system design challenges.

Requirements

• Experience leading engineers in a technical or team lead capacity.
• Strong experience as a Software or Data Engineer, with production system ownership.
• Solid experience in Python (4+ years) and building production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Strong data modeling skills and experience with orchestrated data pipelines (e.g., Dagster, Airflow).
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity and turning it into clarity.
• Fluent in English and based in the European time zone (UTC+0 / UTC+2).

Nice to Have

• Experience building or restructuring data platforms from scratch.
• Hands-on experience with dbt and modernizing legacy data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Django or FastAPI ecosystems.

What We Offer

• Remote-first model with flexible working hours.
• Epic team gatherings for networking and brainstorming.
• Growth and development opportunities with personal and professional development.
• Five weeks of bonus vacation time after five years.
• Access to mental health resources like Headspace and BetterHelp.