Searce
Website:
searce.com
Job details:
Modern tech delivery & 'futurify' leadership as a Searce Lead FDS (‘Forward Deployed Solver’). You aren't just managing the board; you’re on the field, architecting scalable data platforms and building the robust engineering pipelines that fuel AI innovation.
If you’re a high-octane technical leader with the brain of an architect, the hands of a master builder, and the soul of a mentor — we’ve got a seat for you at the head of the squad.
You're not a "people manager" who sits in spreadsheets. You're the Hands-on Transformation Driver.
What Are We Looking For?
A Playing Captain. Manager? Absolutely. But not the "sit-back-and-delegate" kind. We’re searching for leaders who lead by doing. If you’re the type to dismantle a broken pipeline yourself, re-architect a cloud environment on the fly, and then explain the strategic "Why" to a CEO, then you’re speaking our language.
- The Builder-Leader: You don't just review PRs; you commit code. You are as comfortable in a terminal as you are in a boardroom.
- The Architect of Outcomes: Thinks in systems, builds at scale, and ensures the "Art of the Possible" becomes a production reality.
- The Compassionate Solver: A mentor who empowers a small squad of engineers and architects by getting into the trenches with them.
- The Bridge: Translates complex client visions into executable engineering roadmaps without losing the "futurify" magic.
Your Responsibilities
What you will wake up to solve. You are the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for both the blueprint and the bricks. You lead a small, elite team of data solvers, owning the outcome end-to-end.
- Architect & Build: This is a hands-on-keys role. You will design and implement foundational data infrastructure. You’ll build it, break it, and perfect it alongside your team.
- Lead the Squad: Mentor and manage a pod of Data Engineers and Architects. You’re responsible for their growth, their code quality, and their delivery velocity.
- Client Stewardship: Act as the primary technical point of contact for enterprise clients. You navigate complex challenges across Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, and AWS/GCP ecosystems.
- Enable Cloud & AI: Design and implement the data pipelines and structures that efficiently feed and empower Machine Learning and AI applications.
- Optimize Everything: Continuously fine-tune architectures for performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. You don't just make it work; you make it elite.
Welcome to Searce
The ‘process-first’, AI-native modern tech consultancy that's rewriting the rules.
We don’t do traditional.
As an engineering-led consultancy, we are dedicated to relentlessly improving the real business outcomes. Our solvers co-innovate with clients to futurify operations and make processes smarter, faster & better. We build alongside our clients. Not for the vanity metrics. But for the transformation to embed lasting competitive advantage for our clients.
The result? Modern business reinvention, built on math, tech, and clarity of purpose.
The DNA of a ‘Searcian’
superpowers we value.
The ‘happier’ core
- happier-at-heart: humble, adaptable, positive, passionate, innovative, excellence-minded, responsible.
- happier-in-action: Not just a poster on the wall; It's how we make decisions, treat each other, show up for clients & hire or promote people.
- Thinks like a founder. Acts like an owner.
- Always in Beta: Relentless curiosity. Openness to learn, un-learn, and re-learn.
- Real Optimist: Views all setbacks as opportunities.
- Believes in truth over comfort. Ideas over titles. Learning over knowing.
- Embraces chaos with calm. Evolves faster than the market.
Tech Superpowers
Engineering & Architecture Core:
- Cloud Data Mastery: Expert proficiency in GCP (BigQuery, Spanner), Snowflake, and Databricks.
- The Pipeline Engine: Heavy-duty experience with Apache Airflow, Kafka, and Spark for real-time and batch orchestration.
- Data Modeling Master: Authority on advanced data modeling (analytical, operational, and transactional).
- Programming for Data: Strong command over Python and SQL for automation, scripting, and building processing applications.
Leadership & Strategy:
- Technical Storytelling: Ability to craft compelling architectural decks and demonstrations that shape the strategic narrative for clients.
- Stakeholder Management: Exceptional at articulating complex technical decisions to both "tech-heavy" and "business-first" stakeholders.
- Squad Delivery: Proven experience leading small teams in an agile, high-velocity consultancy or product environment.
Experience & Relevance
- 8+ Years of "Doing": Deep experience in Data Engineering and Architecture, with at least 2+ years in a lead or managerial capacity.
- Proven Production: A track record of designing and building production-grade data solutions on public cloud platforms (GCP experience is a massive plus).
- AI/ML Data Enablement: Experience building the data foundations specifically geared toward supporting AI initiatives.
Join the ‘Real Solvers’
Ready to lead the movement? If you are excited by the possibilities of what an AI-native, engineering-led consultancy can do to futurify businesses, apply here.
Don’t Just Send a Resume. Send a Statement. Tell us about a time you led a team to solve an "impossible" data problem by getting your hands dirty.
Click on Apply to know more.