For our significantly growing Data, AI & MarketingTech Department, we are looking a technical team lead for one of our data teams. The team is established to focus on GenAI use case development for client facing product features as well as for increasing efficiencies of internal processes among other data related topics.
As Data Team Lead you are playing a pivotal role in Smartbroker’s data & AI journey. You will lead and mentor great talents and work at the intersection of business, data, and technology, drive innovation and data & AI adoption throughout the organization. Your team is responsible for generating significant business value through data, enabling data & AI driven decision making across departments, while ensuring compliance with data regulations.
Job Description
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Lead a team of highly skilled and motivated data & analytics engineers, AI / ML engineers, act as mentor for team members supporting them growing and unfolding their full potential
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Develop and maintain the technical AI and machine learning infrastructure
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Manage machine learning and Gen AI use case implementation using LLMs and RAG
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Build AI and data features in close collaboration with product engineering teams
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Be responsible for our cloud-based AI infrastructure, drive continuous improvement, manage data access, ensure compliant data handling and platform security
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Manage end-to-end implementation of efficient data and AI pipelines according to our data consumers‘ needs up to consumable data & AI products
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Own the technical implementation and components of your team as well as their operation and maintenance
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Development and integration of data governance tools, e.g., automated data deletions or tracking consent management
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Be responsible for technical integration of certain data & AI related external tools, e.g. for Marketing
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Closely collaborate with data consumers across the organization incl. Management, Product , Marketing, Finance, Client Support and Operations
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University degree in a technical field: computer science, business informatics, natural sciences, or similar
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Expert knowledge on state-of-the-art AI use cases, agentic applications and best practices
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Expert knowledge in machine learning, generative AI, LLMs & RAG, AI agents and related technical tools (OpenAI, LangChain , Langfuse …)
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Very good python & SQL programming skills, Java is a plus
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Deep technical knowledge of modern cloud based AI platforms (GCP/AWS)
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Familiarity with analytics tools like Google Tag Manager, Looker Studio, Google Analytics is a plus
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Deep knowledge of Software Engineering best practices—from requirements specification, version control, CI/CD, and testing to deployment and monitoring of data pipelines and services
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Familiarity with data & AI security, data regulations, data privacy requirements
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Strong people and stakeholder management skills
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Proactive, solution-oriented mindset, experience in leading and mentoring talents, strong sense of ownership
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Strong English communication and presentation skills, German is a plus
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Interest in finance and fintech industry and a sense of humor
Among other things, the Smartbroker Group operates Smartbroker+ - a multi-award-winning online broker that is the only provider in Germany to combine the extensive product range of traditional brokers with the extremely favourable conditions of neobrokers. The portfolio also includes the digital fund broker SMARTBROKER Finance (formerly: FondsDISCOUNT.de), while the Group also operates four high-reach stock market portals (wallstreet-online.de, boersenNews.de, FinanzNachrichten.de and ARIVA.de). With several hundred million monthly page impressions, the Group is the largest independent financial portal operator in the German-speaking world and also maintains the largest financial community.
The company is one of the pioneers of digital investment. For more than 25 years, we have been committed to breaking down the barriers to investing and enabling user-friendly and cost-effective investment processing.
Our employees are the key to this success. Due to our strong growth momentum, we have created numerous attractive jobs in recent years. Every day, we strive to build the best team and give our employees the space to develop themselves in the best possible way. A diverse team of top performers ensures that we all learn something new every day. From a small team of around 20 people, we have now grown into a company with around 260 employees (as of 31 December 2023), based in a modern office in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
We see ourselves as an innovative fintech that is embedded in a successful group of companies and thus combines a personal working atmosphere with the advantages of a financially strong public limited company. We rely on flat hierarchies, individual development and agile processes in all parts of the company. We are proud of the personal cohesion within the team and the above-average length of service of many employees. We are committed to diversity and equal opportunities. We strive to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work and our team will be.
If you want to be part of this fast-growing organisation, apply now to join the Smartbroker Group.
We encourage women, non-binary and transgender people as well as all members of the LGBTQI+ community, people from marginalised ethnic backgrounds and people with visible or non-visible disabilities to apply if they are looking for an inclusive, diverse and safe working environment.
