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Engineering Manager - Data Platform

N26Barcelona
On-site Full-time

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Experience Level

Manager

Qualifications

Your Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and drive the strategic evolution of the team towards creating a modern, scalable data platform that facilitates advanced data and AI use cases by default, minimizing the need for tailored solutions or direct involvement from the platform team. Empower development teams to utilize data and platform capabilities safely and autonomously through robust tools, guardrails, and clearly defined interfaces. Develop a long-term roadmap that aligns data platform capabilities with emerging AI use cases, product requirements, and regulatory constraints. Build and nurture a high-performing, cross-functional team capable of delivering reliable, scalable, and compliant platform solutions. Foster a team culture that encourages initiative, critical thinking, technical leadership, and shared responsibility across the platform. Mentor and develop engineers to enhance their skills in data, infrastructure, and platform engineering while raising the standards for ownership and delivery. Take an active role in performance management, ensuring the team evolves towards greater autonomy, maturity, and impact. Act as a key liaison between Engineering, Product, Security, and other stakeholders to represent the team’s roadmap and priorities.

About the job

N26 seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Platform team in Barcelona. The team is shifting from a service-oriented approach to a product-focused platform, emphasizing automation, scalability, integration, and tools that empower developers.

What you will do

  • Guide the Data Platform team through a period of transformation, supporting both technical and organizational change.
  • Shape and execute long-term strategies that promote scalable ownership models within the organization.
  • Enable teams across N26 to use platform capabilities independently and securely.
  • Develop a team with strong operational skills into a self-sufficient group delivering compliant and reliable platform solutions.
  • Support development teams and help strengthen the platform ecosystem.
  • Take ownership of the team’s scope, including strategy, execution, and structure.

Impact

This position plays a key role in how N26 builds, operates, and scales data and AI-driven products. The work will help deliver dependable and compliant solutions for teams throughout the company.

About N26

N26 is a leading mobile bank providing a seamless banking experience for customers across Europe. With a focus on innovation and customer-centric services, N26 is transforming financial services through technology.

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