Summary: Seeking a Data Platform Lead to drive the design and development of Avarda Bank’s next-generation cloud-native, event-driven data platform, owning architecture and governance. Highlights: 1. Lead the design, development, and operation of a modern data platform. 2. Define and enforce data contracts, standards, and documentation. 3. Combine strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership. We are seeking a highly skilled **Data Platform Lead** to drive the design and development of Avarda Bank’s next\-generation data platform. This is a pivotal role where you will own the architecture, governance, and build of a cloud\-native, event\-driven platform that powers both advanced analytics and the consumer journey across Europe. You will combine strategic vision with hands\-on technical leadership, setting the standards and patterns that enable the safe, scalable, and trusted use of data across the bank. **Key Responsibilities** * Lead the design, development, and operation of Avarda’s modern data platform, ensuring it is cloud\-native, event\-driven, and fit for both operational and analytical use cases. * Define and enforce data contracts, standards, and documentation to provide trusted, reusable, and accessible data products. * Build and maintain the canonical “single view of the consumer” that underpins both analytics and production systems. * Establish practical governance practices for metadata, lineage, and data quality across domains. * Collaborate with the Product Manager for Shared Services and senior stakeholders (Engineering, Analytics, Country Managers) to align platform capabilities with business needs. * Balance compliance and innovation by working with the Data Protection Officer and Compliance to ensure data privacy and regulatory requirements are met. * Contribute hands\-on to development, ensuring the right technical patterns and tools are adopted. * Mentor engineers and promote best practices in data modeling, event\-driven design, and cloud\-native development. * Author and maintain technical documentation and architecture decision records to support transparency and scalability. **Required Qualifications** * Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field. * 5\+ years of professional experience in data engineering or platform engineering, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role. * Proven expertise designing and implementing cloud\-native, event\-driven data platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP). * Strong skills in data modeling, ETL/ELT pipelines, and streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka, Event Hubs). * Experience with metadata management, lineage, and data quality frameworks. * Solid understanding of microservices, APIs, and data product thinking. * Proficiency in SQL and at least one modern programming language (Python, Scala, Java, .NET). * Familiarity with DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure\-as\-code. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge business and technical domains. **Preferred Skills** * Hands\-on experience in regulated industries such as banking or finance. * Knowledge of data privacy regulations (GDPR, PSD2\) and practical approaches to compliance. * Experience implementing self\-service analytics platforms and semantic data layers. * Familiarity with tools such as dbt, Databricks, or Snowflake. **Apply today and join us in building the data foundations of TF Avarda Bank’s future!**