Head of Data Science & Engineering (m/f) at LOVOO GmbH (Dresden, Deutschland)

Head of Data Science & Engineering (m/f)

Dresden | full-time

We offer

Attractive and competitive salary as well as participation in success
Develop and define areas of responsibility directly by implementing your own ideas as well as by taking the lead for independent projects
Modern offices with a pool table, foosball and ergonomic office equipment right in the heart of the cities of Dresden and Berlin
Flexible working hours, home office when needed and an equilibrium of work and life
Professional and personal development through feedback talks, language classes, MOOC fee reimbursements (e. g. Coursera) as well as in-house events such as ThunderTalks, Showtime, Open Space Days or the LOVOO Compass
A motivated and multicultural team with familial spirit
Cross-departmental communication and knowledge-sharing as well as learning directly in cross-functional teams and an US exchange program with our parent-company ‘The Meet Group’
Opportunity to attend and speak at international conferences & local meetups
Assistance with relocation for internationals
A rich culinary variety with regular lunch and dinner offers as well as a comprehensive selection of drinks
Diverse sports & health offerings plus our own LOVOO Gym

Your tasks

Taking responsibility for all data science & data engineering technologies and applications in a cloud environment (GCP), incl. design, development and performance optimizations
Coordination across departments with Product Management, SRE, Localization as well as Backend and Mobile Engineering
Development of data science & data engineering strategies
Work with our agile coaches to foster an agile development environment
Personnel responsibility, including building a high-performance team through recruiting as well as through personal and professional development of the team members

Our requirements

At least 2 years of experience in a leadership position as well as several years of professional experience in the fields of big data and machine learning
Relevant experience with cloud technologies (Google BigQuery or Amazon Redshift, Kubernetes, Docker) as well as with building and maintaining big data microservice architectures
Profound knowledge in data science (A/B testing, time series modelling, statistical modelling) as well as in machine learning (recommendation systems, random forests, deep learning)
Experience in stream processing (knowledge in dealing with Kafka in particular is an advantage)
Practical knowledge of the supervision of big data projects including risk management and data security
Confidence in using Python, R or equivalent is viewed favorably
Strong entrepreneurial thinking & hands-on mentality
Highly self-organized with the ability to prioritize and to work well in a dynamic organization
Excellent communication skills in German and English as well as the ability to work across multiple teams