Validation and Testing Engineer

Team: Cloud

Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Commitment: Full time

Workplace Type: hybrid

What will your job look like:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Data Engineers, fostering technical excellence and professional development.
• Serve as a Hands-On Team Leader, actively contributing to architecture, design, development, and code reviews.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of complex Data Engineering projects, from requirements and design through production deployment and operational support.
• Design, build, and optimize large-scale data pipelines and distributed data processing systems.
• Drive the evolution of our cloud-based data platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, Data Science, and Analytics teams to deliver robust data solutions.
• Work with modern big data technologies including distributed processing frameworks, data lakes, metadata management systems, and cloud-native services.
• Establish engineering best practices, operational excellence, and high-quality development standards across the team.
• Lead technical decision-making and serve as a key subject matter expert within the Data organization.

All you need Is:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on Data Engineering experience building and operating large-scale data platforms and infrastructure.
• Proven experience designing and implementing complex data pipelines in production environments.
• Strong expertise in Python, including data processing frameworks and libraries such as Pandas.
• Deep understanding of Data Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Architecture, and Analytics ecosystems.
• Experience working with cloud-based data platforms and distributed data processing systems.
• Hands-on experience with modern big data technologies such as Apache Flink, Data Lakes, Metadata Management solutions, and large-scale processing frameworks.
• Proven experience leading technical projects from concept to production deployment.
• Prior experience leading or mentoring engineers, either as a Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Engineering Manager.
• Strong ownership mentality with the ability to drive execution in a fast-paced, highly technical environment.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Experience with containerized environments and Kubernetes-based architectures.