Engineering Manager - Data & Analytics Engineering (m/f/d) at Statista

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions. Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees. We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team. Are you ready to join us? Your Role In this role, you will shape the data strategy, architecture, and platform vision, while building and mentoring a high-performing team of data professionals. You’ll work at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, AI, and platform strategy, enabling scalable, reliable, and business-driven data solutions across the organization. Your Tasks Leadership - Lead and mentor a team of Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and Tracking Specialists - Foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture - Own team planning, priorities, and technical development Data Platform & Architecture - Oversee development of our modern data platform, pipelines, and tracking infrastructure - Ensure scalable, reliable, well-governed data systems - Drive adoption of a centralized data platform across the organization Data Strategy - Define and execute the global Data & Analytics strategy aligned with business goals - Champion AI-powered analytics, intelligent automation, and data standardization - Enable self-service analytics and data democratization Stakeholder Collaboration - Partner with Engineering, Product, Analytics, and Business teams to translate needs into solutions - Lead cross-functional data initiatives and roadmap execution - Align stakeholders in a federated data ownership model Your Profile - 8+ years in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platform leadership - Proven experience mentoring and growing technical teams - Expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Power BI, AWS (Fivetran, Prefect, Terraform a plus) - Strong Enterprise Data Architecture and System Integration background - Hands-on cloud infrastructure and Data/DevOps knowledge - Data Governance and compliance understanding - Track record designing scalable, maintainable data systems Nice to have: Data Mesh experience, AI/ML workflows, real-time architectures, DataOps, distributed systems. What we offer In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from: - Work from abroad up to 30 calendar days a year - Hybrid work and flex-time - International team and social events - Subsidized urban mobility and access to fitness and wellness options - Free access to Langdock and all its amazing functionalities - Career & training opportunities - Attractive locations and modern offices - Mental health support with OpenUp Some of the benefits listed here apply only to the German entity and to Junior-level roles or above.