Data Engineering Manager

About snappi

At Snappi, we're building a neobank from the ground up. Our mission is to empower financial freedom through technology, offering innovative and transparent digital banking solutions.

Join us in reshaping the financial landscape!

About the role

The Manager of Data Engineering plays a critical leadership role in building and scaling the Snappi’s cloud-native data infrastructure. Responsible for managing a team of data engineers, this role ensures the design, development, and maintenance of robust data pipelines, lakehouses, and real-time data platforms that power business intelligence, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives. Key responsibilities include leading end-to-end data architecture design, optimizing data flow and storage in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), ensuring data governance and compliance, and enabling cross-functional teams with clean, secure, and reliable data. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise in cloud data platforms with proven experience managing high-performing teams in agile, fast-paced environments. This is not just a job - it’s an opportunity to contribute to the creation of a neobank from its very foundation.

Requirements

What you ’ll be doing

Team Leadership & Development: 

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of 6–12 data engineers. 

• Define roles, hire new talent, and establish a high-trust, agile engineering culture. 

• Drive technical onboarding, peer mentoring, and performance management. 

Architecture & Platform Engineering: 

• Own the evolution of the data lakehouse platform using Databricks, Delta Lake, and cloud-native storage (S3/GCS/ADLS). 

• Oversee the design of scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT/streaming) using Spark (PySpark/Scala) and Delta Live Tables. 

• Implement best practices for modular, reusable code, schema evolution, and test-driven development. 

Operational Excellence: 

• Ensure pipelines and infrastructure meet SLAs, are auto-healing, observable, and cost-optimized. 

• Lead cloud cost management initiatives with FinOps and platform teams. 

• Define and monitor production alerting, monitoring, and logging frameworks using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, or native cloud solutions. 

Governance, Security & Compliance: 

• Enforce data governance policies across ingestion, transformation, and access layers. 

• Collaborate with InfoSec to ensure data access controls, encryption, audit logs, and GDPR-compliant data processing. 

• Support regulatory reporting, audits, and internal control reviews. 

Cross-functional Collaboration: 

• Work with finance, risk, product, and technology teams to define and deliver data products and dashboards. 

• Partner with software and ML engineering to integrate real-time features and streaming pipelines. 

Innovation & Strategy: 

• Evaluate and integrate emerging tools and frameworks for orchestration (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Dagster), lineage, and cataloging. 

• Foster a culture of experimentation and continuous improvement across the data engineering function. 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field. 

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering; minimum 2–3 years in a managerial or lead role. 

• Expert in Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and lakehouse paradigms. 

• Strong knowledge of cloud data architecture and services (AWS/GCP/Azure). 

• Skilled in SQL, Python, and scripting for data pipeline automation. 

• Experience in managing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (Terraform, GitOps). 

• Familiarity with data modeling, data quality frameworks, and event-driven systems (Kafka/PubSub/Kinesis). 

• Understanding of banking data domains (e.g., transactions, KYC, risk, customer 360) is a plus. 

• Prior experience in regulated environments (FCA, GDPR, PSD2, PCI-DSS) is preferred. 

• Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills. 

Why Join Snappi? 

Snappi is redefining banking in Greece, empowering financial freedom through innovation.

• Shape the future of fintech by leading our data protection framework
• Work with top-tier talent in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Grow with us through continuous learning and development
• Enjoy competitive compensation and a culture that values impact

We are results-driven, innovative, and built on trust—with our customers, team, and society. At Snappi, your ideas will shape the future of banking.

Benefits

At Snappi, we invest in your well-being, growth, and work-life balance with a benefits package designed to support both your personal and professional journey:

• Competitive salary
• Hybrid work flexibility
• 37-hour work week
• Medical & Life insurance coverage
• Extra paid time off
• Additional school monitoring days
• Employer-sponsored pension plan
• Savings plan for your children
• Daycare allowance to help cover preschool costs
• Exclusive perks with special rates on banking products
• Ongoing learning & career development opportunities
• Team activities & events to foster bonding, well-being, and a strong company culture

We celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace individuals from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.