Data Engineering Manager

About the role

CitySwift is looking for a Data Engineering Manager to join our rapidly growing team.

CitySwift is the world’s leading performance optimisation platform for public transport, enabling data-driven decision-making for some of the largest transport networks globally. Backed by over €15 million in venture capital funding, we partner with major public transport operators and government authorities, including Go-Ahead Group, Transport for London, and many more. CitySwift is experiencing accelerated growth, with 117% year-over-year revenue growth in 2025.

Our mission is to increase the adoption of sustainable public transport worldwide. Today, our platform optimises more than 3 billion passenger journeys annually, and our target is to reach 10 billion journeys by the end of 2026.

At CitySwift, you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership, make a measurable impact, and grow professionally as part of a collaborative, mission-driven team. Join us in shaping the future of public transport by driving the next phase of CitySwift’s growth.

About the Role

As a Data Engineering Manager in the data team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the teams and technology that drive CitySwift's data systems. You will oversee a team of talented data engineers and scientists responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining our data infrastructure and pipelines. Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring the scalability, performance, reliability and quality of our data systems, enabling the rest of the business to build products and features on a solid foundation of quality data.

Key responsibilities

- Lead and motivate a team of data engineers and scientists to deliver high-quality solutions that meet our business needs.

- Identify and support the needs of the team as it moves through the stages of team formation.

- Support the development and career aspirations of team members through coaching and mentorship.

- Lead the recruiting of new team members as we grow and build a world-class, sustainable and diverse data team.

- Drive an efficient and effective software delivery process including managing team ceremonies and backlog.

- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, product managers and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

- Spend a small portion of your time actively contributing to the codebase to help out when needed but more importantly to stay close to the developer experience.

- Stay up-to-date with the latest data technologies and trends through continuous learning.

Desired Qualifications

- Proven experience as a technical leader, with a strong background in data engineering.

- Extensive experience in working with teams who are designing, developing, and implementing data pipelines, architectures, and platforms.

- Deep understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and data quality principles.