Team Lead - Sources / Data Platforms

at  NewsWhip

TEAM LEAD - SOURCES/DATA PLATFORM

NewsWhip is the leading provider of predictive media intelligence, tracking and predicting engagement with the world’s news stories each day.Our platform is used each day by journalists at hundreds of top tier publications, and communications professionals at all 10 of the top 10 global PR agencies, dozens of international brands, and NGOs, international organisations and not-for-profits.As an Irish company, our product and engineering functions are central to our business. This presents a great opportunity to directly input into what we build and how we build it. There is a direct link between your work, our customers and the continued success of NewsWhip.
We’re seeking an experienced technical manager to lead our Sources and Data Platform team, responsible for the development and operation of our high-scale data ingestion and processing infrastructure. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical expertise with excellent people management and strategic planning skills.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in data platform engineering or distributed systems
• 3+ years of people management experience, preferably leading data/platform teams
• Strong background in modern data architecture patterns and distributed systems
• Deep understanding of high-scale data processing technologies (Kafka, Spark, etc.)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Track record of successfully delivering large-scale technical projects
• Excellence in cross-functional communication and stakeholder management
• Proven ability to recruit, retain, and develop engineering talent
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Lead and grow a team of data platform engineers, providing technical mentorship, career development, and performance management
• Drive the technical vision and roadmap for our distributed data platform infrastructure
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align team objectives with overall business strategy
• Ensure operational excellence of our data platform handling billions of daily events
• Partner with other engineering managers and product leaders to deliver cross-functional initiatives
• Drive architectural decisions and technical design reviews
• Manage resource planning, capacity forecasting, and budget allocation
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence
• Oversee integration strategies with external services and data sources
• Lead incident response and management for critical platform issues