In This Role, You Will

• Architect and lead the development of large-scale systems for data pipelines, data lakes that handle billions of daily events.
• Design and implement solutions that ensure data is available, secure, and scalable across the platform, enabling real-time and batch processing.
• Make high-level architectural decisions about system design, technology choices, and platform evolution, ensuring scalability and long-term sustainability.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, such as product teams, data engineers, back-end developers, and ML engineers, to build tools & frameworks that power analytics, product features, and data-driven workflows.
• Work with business stakeholders such as Analytics Eng, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Product teams to build high-impact data products enabling business-critical features, research, and experimentation with a focus on efficiency and alignment
• Collaborate with Leadership in devising the charter and technical roadmaps
• Mentor engineers across back-end infrastructure and data engineering disciplines, fostering a culture of collaboration and technical excellence.
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Qualifications

• Has experience in large-scale distributed computing systems, with expertise in both data engineering and data modeling.
• Has experience managing live production environments, including high-load systems or data-intensive workflows, with a focus on uptime and reliability.
• Expert in SQL and proficient in technologies like Spark, Kafka, Terraform, and in at least one programming language commonly used for data engineering (e.g., Python, Scala, or Java).
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT design patterns, orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Dagster), and data quality frameworks.
• Ability to design scalable, secure, and maintainable data models and architectures, and understanding of data governance, privacy regulations (GDPR/CCPA).
• Hands-on experience with modern data storage technologies (e.g., Delta Lake, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift).
• Is a strategic thinker, able to evaluate whether to build internally or leverage third-party solutions, ensuring the right balance between speed, scalability, and long-term viability.
• Is an excellent communicator and collaborator, able to work across diverse teams and stakeholders, translates business needs into robust data solutions, and ensures alignment on technical goals.
• Has a demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal to zero guidance, proactively manages tasks and priorities across multiple projects, analyzes and executes work efficiently, collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams, and thrives in fast-paced, results-driven environments.
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Support for you, professionally and personally

• Professional growth: We hire people we trust, and we give team members autonomy to do their best work. We also support professional development with training, coaching, and regular feedback.
• A connected team: Superhuman builds a product that helps people connect, and we apply this mindset to our own team. We have a highly collaborative culture. We also take time to celebrate our colleagues and accomplishments with global, local, and team-specific events and programs.
• Comprehensive benefits: Superhuman offers all team members competitive pay along with a benefits package that includes superior health care. We also offer ample and defined time off, catered lunches, gym and recreation stipends, admission discounts, and more.
• Relocation Support: Superhuman provides comprehensive relocation support to make your move to Berlin seamless. Our package includes visa assistance, destination services to help you and your family settle in comfortably, and a relocation bonus to cover additional expenses, such as temporary housing.