Big Data Team Lead

Location: Central Israel Scope: Full Time - Employed Description: Are you passionate about building high-performance, real-time data platforms at scale? We're looking for a Big Data Team Lead to drive the design, development, and operation of mission-critical data pipelines that power real-time insights, automation, and AI-driven decision-making. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and own highly scalable distributed systems from architecture through production. Key Responsibilities Lead and mentor a team of Big Data Engineers. Architect, build, and optimize large-scale data pipelines and streaming platforms. Own services end-to-end: design, development, deployment, monitoring, and operations. Drive engineering excellence, performance optimization, observability, and reliability. Partner closely with AI, ML, and backend teams to enable real-time automation and intelligent decision-making. Help define technical direction, best practices, and scalable data architecture. Qualifications 5+ years of experience in big data engineering Backend engineering experience - advantage Proven experience leading engineering teams or technical projects Strong Java development experience (Spring, Vert.x, or similar frameworks) Expertise with Kafka and stream-processing technologies such as Flink, Spark, Beam, or Kafka Streams Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures Deep knowledge of production environments, monitoring, observability, and performance tuning Experience with databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, and ClickHouse Ability to take ownership of systems throughout their entire lifecycle Passion for solving complex data challenges at scale Join us and lead the teams building the real-time data infrastructure that turns massive streams of information into intelligent, autonomous action. 🚀