Data and Platform Engineering Lead

Here's the difference you'll make..

You'll turn data, cloud technology, and automation into smarter ways of working across the organization. As a hands-on technical leader, you'll drive the end-to-end development of scalable data and platform solutions—from cloud architecture and clean data pipelines to system integrations and process automation applications. You'll ensure solutions are reliable, secure, user-friendly, and built on the right technology stack, empowering teams with trusted data, seamless workflows, and high-impact digital solutions that improve how the business operates.

Your mission..

• Work with the Data and Platform engineers and with the immediate head, to lead the end to end implementation, maintenance and optimization of the BI Infrastructure on AWS, that are particularly used for Data and Platform Engineering (DPE) applications, i.e. automated visualizations or dashboards, internal applications for remittance processes, workflow applications, etc.

• Provide architectural direction and implementation approval for application features and systems integration ensuring code quality, scalability, cost efficiency and security.

• Ensure a strong and collaborative dynamic with the dependent teams across SM ITSS, 2GO IT, external software vendors, primarily to ensure that technical design, architecture and security are governed, and continuously aligns to best in class standards.

• Partner closely with the internal customers' project management teams, Business Solutions Analysts, other technical teams to translate and support defined business requirements into technical specifications and executable implementation roadmaps.

• Ensure internal clients or Business Units' continuous adoption to highly reliable applications, standardizing and automating solutions that offer scale for their day to day processes and transforming current manual processes.

• Review and drive prioritization of Data and Platform Engineering (DPE) team projects with the internal clients and immediate head based on high contribution / impact with the lowest cost to implement.

• Serve as first escalation point of the team members and proactively escape to immediate head any risks/challenges to the progress of the projects.

• Serve as the technical escalation point for internal customer facing issues adhering to fast response and resolution times for critical issues and translating these pain points into engineering solutions that address immediate bugs and include feature enhancements.

• Ensure team's compliance to standards of cybersecurity and data privacy complementing the team's own processes and policies.

• Mentor and grow a team of customer and product engineers, fostering a team culture of high performance and impactful results.

You'll thrive in this role if you..

Educational Background

• Bachelors degree - Computer Science, Engineering

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years

Competencies, Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

Leadership Competencies

• Capable to move between high-level strategic customer meetings and deep-dive technical sessions with engineers

• Strategic thinking to balance quick-win internal customers solutions with long-term stability of solutions

• Capable to prioritize and make hard decisions on prioritization working with available resources

• Empathic leader for both the customer using the solutions and the engineers behind the development of these solutions

Technical Competencies

• Proficiency in primary coding languages, i.e. React, Node.js, Python, etc.

• Proficiency in cloud infrastructure, i.e. AWS

• Strong problem solving skills and systemic thinking with a proven track record of solving critical issues and managing technical debt in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication skills to be able to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders in Business Units' departments across Sales, Operations and Corporate Shared Service

• Strong project management

Licensure / Certification Required

With AWS Certifications a plus

What's in it for you at 2GO..

• Own enterprise impact. You are trusted to influence decisions and enable the business to perform at its best.

• Grow in a valued community. You work in a culture that listens, collaborates, and invests in your long-term success.

• Excel through expertise. You are empowered and recognized for delivering high standards and smart solutions.

• Be recognized and feel valued - at work and beyond. Receive and enjoy competitive compensation, performance bonuses, incentives, travel perks, Day 1 access to health and wellness programs and paid time off designed to support your well-being.