Engineering Manager

Main Purpose of the Job

The purpose of the role is to lead and develop a team of Data Engineers and BI Developers, helping them deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable data and BI solutions. The Engineering Manager supports strong engineering practices, team collaboration, and continuous improvement, while working closely with the Product Owner and architects to balance delivery needs with long-term technical quality.


What can you expect your day to look like?

• Lead a team of Data Engineers and BI Developers, fostering collaboration, ownership, and a healthy team culture.

• Drive technical excellence in data engineering and BI practices, promoting scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

• Contribute to the technology roadmap and architecture discussions in collaboration with the Solution Architect, Product Owner, and engineering team.

• Partner with the Product Owner and architects to balance delivery goals with technical health, maintainability, reliability, and long-term platform direction.

• Support technical decision-making by helping the team evaluate trade-offs, follow agreed standards, and apply engineering best practices.

• Strengthen engineering practices across code review, testing, documentation, version control, monitoring, deployment, and operational reliability.

• Support engineering delivery by removing blockers, managing technical dependencies and risks, and enabling a sustainable delivery pace.

• Develop and coach team members through regular feedback, career growth discussions, performance management, hiring, and onboarding.

• Facilitate Scrum/Agile ceremonies and team processes, promoting effective planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.

What do we expect from you?

• Experience 7+ years in data engineering, BI and data warehousing

• Strong people leadership, coaching, and team development skills and experience.

• Solid understanding of data engineering, data warehousing, BI, reporting and analytical modeling.

• Ability to promote technical excellence, engineering standards, and operational reliability.

• Experience contributing to technology roadmap and architecture discussions.

• Strong Agile/Scrum facilitation and continuous improvement skills.

• Good understanding of code review, testing, documentation, version control, monitoring, and deployment practices.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with Product Owners, architects, engineers, BI developers, analysts, and business stakeholders.

• Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-support skills.

• Data quality, governance, and trusted data product mindset.

• Experience with SAP Datasphere, SAP HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, MS Fabric, Power BI, or similar data and BI platforms is an advantage.

Why should you consider us as your next career step?

Career opportunities

Many of our managers started their careers in entry-level positions at Girteka Group. Every year, around 30% of our colleagues advance to new roles and grow their careers within the company.

Learning and development

We continuously invest in our people through a wide range of internal and external training programs, seminars, mentoring opportunities, leadership development initiatives, and language courses.

Health and well-being

We care about our colleagues’ well-being and provide comprehensive health insurance. We also support an active lifestyle through our community of gym-goers and athletes. In addition, we offer 50% compensation for on-site meals, along with free fruit and snacks available in our office kitchens and lounges.

Collaborative culture

We believe that strong teamwork and meaningful connections lead to exceptional results. Working in international teams, we collaborate toward shared goals, exchange experiences, and celebrate achievements together.

Rewards and recognition

We value and recognize our people through work anniversary rewards, recognition for values-based behavior, and additional benefits. These include a day off on your birthday, holiday gifts, team-building events, employee initiatives, like-minded clubs, and access to exclusive partner discounts.

Base monthly salary: from 6170 to 7400 EUR (before tax). The final offer will depend on the candidate’s experience, competencies, and overall fit for the role.

6170-7400 €/mon. gross