AVP, Data Engineering

Department:

WDTech - R&D

We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities. We believe seeking diverse talent and promoting the inclusion of all perspectives are more than moral imperatives – they are critical to our success and ability to innovate and grow.

*NOTE: The selected candidate must be located in the Netherlands (or be willing to relocate to the Netherlands) for this position.*

Department Overview

WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a diverse group of energetic and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology.

WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities.

The Impact You Will Have
 

As an AVP you will be leading the Data Engineering capacity of our Technology Team. The teams are made up of a diverse group of data and quality assurance engineers of varied seniority levels. You will achieve success by empowering the team, driving growth and satisfaction across multiple agile teams. You will collaborate with Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Engineering Managers, Engineers, Product Owners and other stakeholders to drive technology and cultural changes throughout the organization.

You will join the stellar WDTech team, where you will be able to do all of the above while having a lot of fun with colleagues from all over the world and all the room you need to learn and grow.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and strategy for the team and create a structured roadmap on how to get there.

• Work with cross-functional teams to support the organization’s data needs to achieve greater functionality in our data systems and architecture.

• Develop and empower technical leaders and engineers in their journey towards technical mastery.

• Enrich engineers’ job satisfaction through involvement and refinement of all aspects of experience within the company: recruitment, onboarding, day-to-day working modus, appraisal, and career growth planning.

• Provide a transparent reporting line on progress to both team members and stakeholders, removing surprises in delivery cycles.

• Enforce quality of execution within engineering, defining, and adhering to best practices, KPIs and SLAs.

• This is a hybrid role with a preference for 2 days in office.

Education and Experience

• BS in Computer Science, Math or related technical field.

• 5 or more years’ experience building and leading teams of engineers.

• 8 or more years experience developing distributed cloud environments at scale.

• Strong understanding of data ETL and processing techniques.

• Strong understanding of relational and analytical databases, data warehousing, data modeling, and relational storage concepts

• Strong understanding of Python and SQL.

• Strong understanding in modern data architecture (batch/stream processing, storing and

• serving).

• Experience recruiting and coaching skilled engineers, ability to uplevel existing team by developing leaders.

• Experience in building solutions in AWS.

• Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.

• Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders

Preferred Experience

• Experience in both small and large scale applications

• Experience in real-estate domain

• Experience in large-scale data governance and management

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What We Offer  

• You will have the opportunity to accelerate our rapidly growing organization. 

• We’re a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately. 

• Agile working environment with flexible working hours and location, career advancement, and competitive compensation package. 

• We are a family friendly company. 

• We arrange social activities to help our employees and families become familiar with each other and our culture. 

• Diverse, unique colleagues from every corner of the world.

EEO Statement

We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.

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