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Lead Data Engineering

DAZN

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and governance
  • of DAZN’s semantic data models to support consistent, reusable reporting metrics.
  • Architect efficient, scalable data transformations
  • on
  • Snowflake

Key Responsibilities

using

SQL/DBT

and best practices in data warehousing.

Manage and enhance pipeline orchestration with

  • Airflow, ensuring timely and reliable data delivery.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Finance, Marketing, and Technology to translate requirements into robust data models.
  • Define and drive best practices in version control, testing, CI/CD for analytics workflows.
  • Mentor and support junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Champion data quality, documentation, and observability across the analytics layer.
  • Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
  • 10+ years of experience in data/analytics engineering, with
  • 2+ years leading or mentoring engineers
  • Deep expertise in

SQL

  • and cloud data warehouses (preferably
  • Snowflake) and

Cloud Services(AWS /GCP/AZURE)

  • Proven experience with dbt for data modeling and transformation.
  • Hands-on experience with

Airflow

  • (or similar orchestrators like Prefect, Luigi).
  • Strong understanding of dimensional modeling, ELT best practices, and data governance principles.
  • Ability to balance hands-on development with leadership and stakeholder management.
  • Clear communication skills — you can explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical teams.