mobile.de is Germany's largest vehicle marketplace with about 1.4 million listed cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Both private customers and more than 40,000 registered vehicle dealers use the platform. Including listing exports to the sister platform Kleinanzeigen, mobile.de reaches about 20 million unique users per month (AGMA digital facts; mobile.de and Kleinanzeigen; categories: cars, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, motorhomes; Ø month April 2022 to March 2023). As a "one-stop shop," mobile.de offers not only buying and selling services but also financing and leasing solutions, among others. The company, founded in 1996, is a subsidiary of Adevinta, a globally leading provider of online classifieds portals.

mobile.de is part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist and sustainability leader with 25+ products in 10 countries.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

In the mobile.de data and analytics teams, data is at the heart of everything we do. As the Head of Data Engineering (d/f/m), you will driving our data and tech strategy forward, leading a talented team of data engineers while working at the forefront of modern data practices. This is a high-impact role with the opportunity to influence and shape how data empowers decision-making and progress across our company.

You will report directly to the Director of Data Strategy & Operational Excellence. This is a hybrid role, and our office is based in Berlin Charlottenburg.

You will:

• Lead our data engineering teams and shape our culture

  • Manage three teams of highly skilled data engineers, with their team leads reporting directly to you.

  • You raise the bar for our technology and data solutions

  • You will support every data engineer at mobile.de, including those not directly reporting to you, being a mentor and ensuring alignment across teams.

  • You foster a collaborative and open culture where team members feel safe to speak their minds, reflect, and grow together

• Write our data mesh story

  • You will lead the organizational rollout of our data mesh approach, distributing data engineering skills effectively between central and local teams.

  • You serve as a key advocate and enabler for data mesh principles

• Take ownership of our data architecture

  • You take on Data Architect responsibilities, providing deep expertise in designing federated, scalable, robust, and high-performing data solutions.

  • You ensure our architecture supports both batch and real-time data needs, leveraging modern tools and methodologies and is built to foster self-service

• Be an inspiring data and analytics leader

  • As part of the Data and Analytics leadership team you work closely with peers in analytics, data science, and data strategy to drive our vision forward.

  • You build strong relationships with internal customers, ensuring that our success is measured by their success.

Who you are:

We are looking for a professional with more than 8 years experience as a data engineer (or comparable) in general and 5+ years experience in leadership roles.

• Technical Excellence

  • Deep experience with modern data technologies, particularly in cloud environments (e.g., Google Cloud, BigQuery, or comparable solutions) and with streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka and real-time analytics).

  • Experience designing and implementing self-service Data Mesh platforms for internal customers.

    Good knowledge and hands-on expertise of applying data mesh principles to real-world use cases and guiding teams through federated and decentralized data ownership models.

• Leadership

  • Multiple years of experience in technical leadership roles, with a proven track record in managing and growing teams.

  • A servant leadership mindset, with a focus on empowering others and developing future leaders.

  • Authenticity and a collaborative approach, with a focus on creating a positive team culture and impact.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits: 

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱 

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.