Lea­d ET­L ­De­ve­l­oper / ­Tech­ni­cal ­Ar­chi­tec­t - ­Bi­g Da­ta­ & ­Credit ­Ris­k (Da­tab­ricks) (al­l hu­man­s)

• Databricks Champion with extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Lakehouse solutions and establishing engineering best practices.
• Strong Data Engineering and Data Modelling expertise, including Data Vault, Dimensional Modelling, Star Schemas, Canonical Data Models, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Proven experience in end-to-end solution delivery, covering requirements analysis, architecture, development, testing, deployment, productionisation, operational support, and continuous improvement.
• Strong Agile practitioner with experience leading cross-functional teams using Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies.
• Demonstrated Team Leadership capabilities, including technical mentoring, solution governance, stakeholder management, and delivery leadership.
• Advanced hands-on expertise across Azure, Databricks, GCP, AWS, and dbt.
• Expert in building scalable, resilient, and highly performant data platforms supporting Credit Risk Analytics and Enterprise Data initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data quality, data lineage, metadata management, data governance, and platform observability.
• Extensive experience designing and optimizing large-scale ETL/ELT frameworks using Spark, PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake, and cloud-native services.
• Proven ability to bridge business and technology teams, translating complex credit risk and analytics requirements into robust technical solutions across Erste Group.

• The Lead ETL Developer / Technical Architect is responsible for the architecture, design, development, and operational excellence of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting Credit Risk and Risk Analytics within Erste Group – Credit Risk Methods.
• Define and own end-to-end architecture for Credit Risk data platforms.
• Design scalable ETL/ELT solutions leveraging Databricks Lakehouse architecture.
• Establish architectural standards, frameworks, and reusable design patterns.
• Review and approve technical designs, data models, and integration approaches.
• Drive technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, resilience, and security requirements.
• Lead development of large-scale ETL/ELT data pipelines across multiple source systems.
• Design and implement data ingestion frameworks for structured and semi-structured data.
• Develop high-performance Spark and Databricks solutions processing large volumes of banking risk data.
• Optimize data processing, storage, and compute performance.
• Establish development standards, coding practices, and engineering governance.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Support production issue resolution and root cause analysis.
• Design enterprise data models for Risk Analytics and Credit Risk domains.
• Implement Lakehouse architectures using Databricks and Delta Lake.
• Define data layers, ingestion zones, curation processes, and consumption models.
• Implement metadata management and data lineage frameworks.

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste
• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic
• Health Care – Taking care of your health is important. That’s why we contribute to your above standard medical examination and provide a helpline in case of hard lifetime situations. You also receive a salary compensation during sick leave
• Work-Life-Balance – Sabbatical, paternity leave, contribution to marriage & childbirth, 4 days of extra holiday per year, contribution to the 3rd pillar and MultiSport card. This is how we promote a balance between work, leisure, and family
• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital
• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - we are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 3.500,- gross per month for this full time position. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

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