Lead ETL Developer / Technical Architect – Big Data & Credit Risk (Databricks)

About the role

Erste Digital, part of Erste Group, is looking for a Lead ETL Developer / Technical Architect for Credit Risk and Risk Analytics. The role owns the architecture, design, development and operational excellence of enterprise-scale data platforms supporting Credit Risk Methods, combining hands-on data engineering with technical leadership. It uses Databricks, Spark and cloud-native technologies, and involves defining standards, leading development teams and working with Risk, Data and Business stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end architecture for Credit Risk data platforms and scalable ETL/ELT solutions based on Databricks Lakehouse architecture
• Establish architectural standards, frameworks and reusable design patterns, and review and approve technical designs, data models and integration approaches
• Drive technology roadmaps and modernization initiatives, ensuring performance, scalability, resilience and security
• Lead large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion frameworks and high-performance Spark and Databricks solutions
• Optimize data processing, storage and compute performance, and set development standards and engineering governance
• Support production issue resolution and root cause analysis
• Design enterprise data models for Risk Analytics and Credit Risk, including Lakehouse architectures with Delta Lake, data layers, ingestion zones, curation and consumption models
• Implement metadata management and data lineage frameworks

Required profile

• Databricks champion with extensive experience delivering enterprise-scale Lakehouse solutions and engineering best practices
• Proven end-to-end delivery experience, from requirements analysis to deployment, productionisation and operational support
• Strong Agile practice leading cross-functional teams with Scrum, Kanban and SAFe
• Team leadership, technical mentoring, solution governance and stakeholder management

Required skills

• Advanced hands-on expertise across Azure, Databricks, GCP, AWS and dbt
• Data engineering and modelling: Data Vault, dimensional modelling, star schemas, canonical data models, Lakehouse architectures
• ETL/ELT with Spark, PySpark, SQL, Delta Lake and workflow orchestration
• Database knowledge: SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Teradata
• DevOps and automation: Git, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD, Terraform

What we offer

• International, talented community at Erste with interest groups and clubs
• Medical examination, helpline and salary compensation during sick leave
• Sabbatical, paternity leave, extra holiday, 3rd pillar and MultiSport card contributions
• Performance-related salary, with the legal minimum of EUR 3,500 gross per month quoted
• Employee referral program