Backend Team Lead (Python) - Data

About the role

SplitMetrics is a global software company offering an ecosystem of products and services that serve as a growth engine for top mobile-first businesses worldwide. Our ecosystem includes:

- SplitMetrics Acquire, a platform for automating and optimizing Apple Ads.

- SplitMetrics Agency, a full-service mobile marketing agency staffed by top experts.

- SplitMetrics Optimize, an A/B testing platform recognized as the ASO Tool of the Year.

- App Radar by SplitMetrics: an ASO platform with advanced keyword and competitor insights.

WHY SPLITMETRICS?

- For over 11 years, we’ve been at the forefront of the mobile marketing industry, building an ecosystem of market-leading technologies.

- An Apple Ads Partner, SplitMetrics is the 1st company to build the Apple Ads management platform.

- Working with top mobile companies and brands globally: Skyscanner, Glovo, Flo, Babbel, Wooga and many more.

- Generating an impressive transaction volume, with over $1 billion in ad spend flowing through our ecosystem.

- Integrated AI into our strategic approach since 2023.

- Effectively collaborate across 20+ countries with a remote-first and supportive culture.

We're looking for a Team Lead (Python) who’ll join SplitMetrics engineering team.

What you will do:

- Take full ownership of planning and delivering technical roadmap items.

- Lead the backend, full stack and QA engineers in the team, organize day-to-day work and ensure predictable delivery. Improve estimations accuracy and reduce delays.

- Plan work for the next quarter and contribute to high-level multi-quarter planning together with Director of Data & AI and Product Manager.

- Maintain and regularly review current technical risks registry. Manage risks early.

- Optimize data gathering processes, data pipelines, performance, and system reliability.

- Drive modernization of legacy services, architecture improvements and technical debt reduction.

- Collaborate with product managers, solution architects and other teams on priorities and alignment.

- Ensure proper documentation, visibility and knowledge sharing inside the team.

About you:

- 6+ years of Python experience including high-performance data systems, e.g. StarRocks.

- 2+ years in a role with technical leadership responsibilities (team leader, tech lead, etc.)

- Experience with planning, estimation and delivering complex projects, e.g. database migration.

- Deep familiarity with data lakehouse architectures.

- Experience with data gathering / data scraping.

- Strong understanding of performance optimization and scalability principles.

- Confident in owning decisions with business impact.

- Able to work under high delivery pressure and manage trade-offs.