Data Engineer Team Leader

Department
R&D
Type
Full-time
Level
Location
Netanya
About The Position

Fetcherr experts in deep learning, e-commerce, and digitization, Fetcherr disrupts traditional systems with its cutting-edge AI technology. At its core is the Large Market Model (LMM), an adaptable AI engine that forecasts demand and market trends with precision, empowering real-time decision-making. Specializing initially in the airline industry, Fetcherr aims to revolutionize industries with dynamic AI-driven solutions.

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer Team Leader to lead our data engineering efforts and oversee a team of skilled data engineers. This role combines hands-on technical leadership and team management, with responsibilities that include building and scaling data infrastructure to power real-time pricing, large-scale data pipelines, and machine learning products.

You will lead the team through architecture decisions, development, and deployment of mission-critical systems—while growing and mentoring a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of data engineers building robust, scalable, and high-performance data pipelines and infrastructure.
  • Design, build, and maintain distributed data processing workflows (batch & streaming).
  • Drive best practices for data quality, validation, testing, and observability.
  • Own and evolve Fetcherr’s data architecture in alignment with business and product goals.
  • Manage sprint planning, task breakdown, code reviews, and performance feedback for your team.
  • Contribute hands-on to key development tasks and architecture decisions.
  • Recruit, mentor, and grow the data engineering team.
About The Position

You'll be a great fit if you have...

  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering, including 2+ years in a technical leadership or team lead role
  • Strong Python programming background
  • Advanced SQL skills and data modeling experience
  • Proven experience designing and maintaining large-scale data platforms (hundreds of TBs)
  • Expertise with data orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster)
  • Hands-on experience with distributed data frameworks (Apache Beam, Spark, or similar)
  • Cloud platform experience — GCP preferred (AWS/Azure acceptable)
  • Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab)
  • Strong communication, mentorship, and collaboration skills
  • BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
  • Fluent English (spoken and written)

Nice to Have

  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform tools (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub)
  • Background working with ML pipelines or data science teams
  • Understanding of data contracts, lineage, and versioning tools
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
  • Experience optimizing pipelines and databases for performance and cost
  • Exposure to airline, pricing, or GDS systems

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