Lead Data Platform Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Lead the design and operation of a production data platform for a procurement technology product. This hands-on technical leadership role connects enterprise data sources to reliable analytics, working closely with product and engineering colleagues and customer IT teams. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design multi-tenant architecture and reusable data models with strong tenant isolation and appropriate access controls. - Build data cleaning, reconciliation, and analytical calculations for spend analysis, supplier comparisons, and simulations. - Develop repeatable integrations and synchronization patterns for enterprise systems, including ERPs. - Own ingestion, orchestration, monitoring, and recovery for production data workflows. - Create tools and processes that make data onboarding, troubleshooting, and analytics development more efficient. - Use and evaluate AI development tools to improve engineering workflows. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 5 years of experience building production data systems, including ownership of architecture and implementation. - Strong SQL and Python skills, with experience in data modeling and query optimization. - Practical experience designing multi-tenant systems with data isolation and access controls. - Experience integrating enterprise systems and working directly with customer IT teams on schemas, APIs, permissions, and synchronization. - Experience operating ingestion, orchestration, monitoring, and recovery in production. - Background in data-intensive B2B SaaS or fintech is useful; procurement experience is not required. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Competitive salary and meaningful equity. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in Berlin, Germany. Candidates should be based in Berlin or willing to relocate.