Onsite
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.
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