Engineering Manager

Overview

Manager, Engineering – Data Engineering role in Frankfurt/Main. You will be leading one of our data platform teams, which is responsible for processing, storing, and serving data for all our core systems.

This role will be based in the Frankfurt office. Our team follows a hybrid schedule, working in the office three days a week and remotely for the rest.

• Lead and mentor one of Nexxen's data lake teams within our data organization
• Take part in building & designing the next generation of big data solutions
• The hybrid role also includes hands-on development work
• Steer high-level projects with company-wide visibility
• Responsible for the team roadmap, team building, and execution of SW projects in the group
• Collaboration with various stakeholders: developers, product managers, business operations, and customers
• You will be responsible for end-to-end feature development and ownership, from design to production
• Research core technologies and integrations with external APIs and services

• 2+ years of experience in leading an engineering team
• 6+ years of data engineering experience as a developer, tech lead, or architect
• 4+ years of experience in Java
• Strong system architecture knowledge
• Experience in building high-volume and scalable applications
• Experience with cluster technologies, distributed systems, or streaming applications
• Experience working with SQL and NOSQL databases
• Experience with aggregation pipelines (Hadoop, Spark or similar)
• Experience in planning and steering projects from end to end
• Experience with Scrum and Kanban
• Working knowledge of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, rollout plans
• Experience in application monitoring:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Mimir, Data Dog, Kibana, etc.
• Proficient with Git version control system
• BS in Computer Science or related degree
• An excellent communicator with fluent spoken and written English skills
• Proactive team player with a desire to impact our engineering team, our product and our customers

Here at Nexxen, we like to think outside the box, so if you don’t tick every one of these—don’t worry! We would rather see your application than risk missing out on your potential. We also know our strength comes from our differences and varied life experiences, so we are committed to the value of diversity and inclusion in all its forms.

• Hybrid working with 3 days in the office and the remaining 2 remote
• Summer Fridays — leave at 3pm to start your weekend early in Summer
• No need to worry about holidays — 30 days’ paid leave
• Regular company events
• Plus, all the usual stuff – phone allowance and company laptop

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