Shape the world of data. Your way.
Team Lead Search & API (m/f/d)
At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform.
By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services,
we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.
Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities
such as London, New York, and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not
only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our
employees.
We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where
you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story
matters – keep writing it as part of our team. Are you ready to join us?
What you do
- You are accountable for delivery of our Search & API team. The team’s responsibility is technical ownership of our onsite search and the customer facing API.
- You are the people lead for a team of engineers. You are expected to enable them to be the most impactful they can be and iterating with them towards a high-performing team. You will be responsible for all aspects of their professional development.
- Our onsite search is the most crucial interaction point of our customers to discover our broad variety of content types, e.g. statistics or reports. You and the team will constantly improve our search to satisfy the user needs for information.
- Additional our API allows paying customers to integrate our data into their tools and processes
Who you are
- Leadership experience and good communication skills
- Track-record of building high-performing teams
- Strong stakeholder-management skills
- Hands-on mentality
- Experience with JVM-based languages (or Rust), search engines and AWS (CDK)
- Background in an information retrieval & filtering (e.g., search, recommendation, AI) environment
Who you will be working with
What we offer
In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from:
Work from abroad 7 days a year
Hybrid work and flex-time
International team and social events
Career & training opportunities
Attractive locations and modern offices
Mental health support by Fürstenberg Institute