About the job
At DataGalaxy, we believe that data becomes a powerful asset when teams collaborate effectively, embrace it, and leverage it for tangible business success. Metadata serves as the backbone of this transformation, which is why we have developed a pioneering value governance platform that seamlessly integrates data with AI strategies and operational execution. Our platform is designed to bridge the gap between IT and business teams, ensuring that metadata translates into significant business outcomes. Our two flagship products, DataGalaxy Catalog and DataGalaxy Portfolio Center, empower organizations to manage their metadata with confidence and demonstrate the value derived from data initiatives.
Founded in France, DataGalaxy is rapidly establishing its presence across Europe and the United States, earning the trust of over 200 global enterprises, including renowned brands such as Dior, Airbus, and SwissLife. We are dedicated to fostering a data-driven culture and enhancing data literacy, enabling organizations to deliver relevant metadata to their teams and substantial value to their stakeholders.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Scan Team, focusing on the connectivity and ingestion components of our platform. This crucial aspect of our product enables clients to integrate their systems, ranging from data platforms and BI tools to SaaS applications, into our data governance framework.
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader, capable of driving architectural decisions and overseeing project delivery while empowering a small, dedicated team. While direct people management is not a primary focus, strong leadership, effective communication, and a commitment to reliability are essential attributes.
We value growth and collaboration over meeting every requirement.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Ownership
- Direct the technical strategy for the Scan domain, focusing on connector architecture, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Engage in hands-on development, actively contributing to coding efforts.
- Lead design reviews and establish best practices in quality, testing, observability, and maintainability.
- Translate product requirements into actionable technical plans, ensuring stakeholder alignment and iterative delivery.
Connectors & Ingestion Engineering
- Develop and maintain connectors to integrate with third-party REST APIs, managing aspects such as OAuth2 authentication, pagination, rate limits, retries, and webhooks.
- Design robust ingestion workflows that include incremental synchronization, idempotency, backfills, error recovery, reconciliation, and safe schema evolution.
- Normalize and map external data structures into DataGalaxy’s internal model, ensuring high data quality and consistency.
Desktop Tooling for Connectors
- Oversee the maintenance of our Kotlin-based desktop application used for connector development and operations.
