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Head of Data Engineering

Overview
Skills
  • SQL SQL
  • Snowflake Snowflake
  • Airflow Airflow
  • analytics-ready data models
  • APIs
  • BigQuery
  • data governance
  • data lakes
  • data modeling
  • data pipelines
  • data warehouse
  • ELT
  • ETL
  • event streams
  • event tracking
We’re on the hunt for a hands-on, highly technical Head of Data Engineering to evolve and scale Overwolf’s data foundation.

As our Data Systems Maestro, you’ll own the systems that power decision-making across Overwolf – including our data warehouse, pipelines, platform, and the solutions behind internal teams and user-facing products. You’ll lead a talented data team while shaping a reliable, scalable ecosystem used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers worldwide.

So if you thrive on turning complex data challenges into elegant solutions, love building high-performing teams, and want to help power the future of gaming and UGC – join our quest.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

  • Engineer, maintain, and scale Overwolf’s core data warehouse, pipelines, and data platform.
  • Design and manage reliable ETL and ELT flows across databases, APIs, event streams, business systems, and data lakes.
  • Own data quality, event tracking, governance, and the company’s source-of-truth systems.
  • Build data solutions for internal teams and external user-facing products used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers.
  • Partner with business teams to transform data needs into robust self-serve analytics and AI-assisted insights.
  • Lead and mentor data engineers, BI developers, and analysts while raising the technical bar across the data organization.
  • Champion accessible data tooling and help foster a data-driven culture across the company.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • 7+ years of data engineering experience, preferably in a startup or fast-paced technology company.
  • 4+ years of management experience, preferably in B2B2C, marketplace, SaaS, or consumer-scale environments.
  • Proven experience building and leading technical data teams, including data engineers, BI developers, and analysts.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and scaling cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake.
  • Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, ETL and ELT pipelines, orchestration tools such as Airflow, and analytics-ready data models.
  • Experience owning data quality, governance, event tracking, and company-wide source-of-truth systems.
  • Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, marketplace dynamics, and user behavior analytics.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at all levels.

Bonus Points

  • Passion for gaming, creators, and the creator economy.
  • Ability to tame wild data dragons, conquer pipeline dungeons, and keep dashboards flowing before your first cup of mana – or coffee, for that matter.
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