# Head of Data Engineering

## Details

- **Company:** [Overwolf](https://hitmarker.net/companies/overwolf.md)
- **Location:** Ramat Gan, Israel
- **Contract type:** Full Time
- **Level:** Senior \(5+ years\)
- **Tags:** Software Engineering, Backend Development, Cloud Engineering, Data Analysis
- **Posted:** 2026-06-06
- **Apply:** [View and apply on Hitmarker](https://hitmarker.net/jobs/overwolf-head-of-data-engineering-1731338)

## Description

We’re on the hunt for a hands-on, highly technical Head of Data to evolve and scale Overwolf’s data foundation.

As our Data Systems Maestro, you’ll own the systems that power decision-making across Overwolf – including our data warehouse, pipelines, platform, and the solutions behind internal teams and user-facing products. You’ll lead a talented data team while shaping a reliable, scalable ecosystem used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers worldwide.

So if you thrive on turning complex data challenges into elegant solutions, love building high-performing teams, and want to help power the future of gaming and UGC – join our quest.


### Responsibilities

**In this role, you will:**

- Engineer, maintain, and scale Overwolf’s core data warehouse, pipelines, and data platform.
- Design and manage reliable ETL and ELT flows across databases, APIs, event streams, business systems, and data lakes.
- Own data quality, event tracking, governance, and the company’s source-of-truth systems.
- Build data solutions for internal teams and external user-facing products used by creators, mod authors, and millions of gamers.
- Partner with business teams to transform data needs into robust self-serve analytics and AI-assisted insights.
- Lead and mentor data engineers, BI developers, and analysts while raising the technical bar across the data organization.
- Champion accessible data tooling and help foster a data-driven culture across the company.


### Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 7+ years of data engineering experience, preferably in a startup or fast-paced technology company.
- 4+ years of management experience, preferably in B2B2C, marketplace, SaaS, or consumer-scale environments.
- Proven experience building and leading technical data teams, including data engineers, BI developers, and analysts.
- Strong hands-on experience designing and scaling cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake.
- Deep expertise in SQL, data modeling, ETL and ELT pipelines, orchestration tools such as Airflow, and analytics-ready data models.
- Experience owning data quality, governance, event tracking, and company-wide source-of-truth systems.
- Strong understanding of SaaS metrics, marketplace dynamics, and user behavior analytics.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders at all levels.

**Bonus Points**

- Passion for gaming, creators, and the creator economy.
- Ability to tame wild data dragons, conquer pipeline dungeons, and keep dashboards flowing before your first cup of mana – or coffee, for that matter.