Data Platform Team Lead
Bithumb helps users trade cryptocurrencies with Korean won through a centralized spot exchange with staking and lending services.
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About Bithumb
Bithumb is a cryptocurrency exchange platform serving South Korean and international traders with spot trading across multiple digital assets paired primarily with Korean Won. The platform provides trading tools including automated bots and API access, alongside payment services through Bithumb Cash that enable cryptocurrency transactions at retail merchants and e-commerce platforms. Users can generate passive income through staking programs and a coin rental service. Originally launched as Xcoin in 2014 and rebranded to Bithumb in 2015, the exchange operates as a licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider under South Korean financial regulators.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will define and execute the data platform vision, roadmap, infrastructure, and architecture strategy. You will lead and develop data engineering and platform teams, build and operate large-scale pipelines and infrastructure, develop data marts and warehouses, and establish data governance, quality, access-control, and security standards.
Requirements
- Have at least 8 years of experience building and operating data engineering and data platforms.
- Have at least 2 years of experience leading a data organization or technical projects.
- Have hands-on experience designing and building large-scale data pipelines in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Be proficient with distributed processing and big-data technologies including Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Databricks, and BigQuery.
- Have advanced proficiency in SQL and pipeline development languages including Python, Java, and Scala.
- Have deep knowledge of RDBMS, NoSQL, Data Lakehouse, and data-storage architectures.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the data platform vision, roadmap, infrastructure, and architecture strategy aligned with business goals.
- Lead data engineers and platform developers through performance management, technical coaching, and recruiting.
- Build and operate large-scale data pipelines and infrastructure for data collection, storage, processing, distributed-environment optimization, and reliability.
- Develop and operate data marts and data warehouses, including ETL/ELT pipelines and data-model optimization.
- Establish data governance and security standards, including data quality, catalogs, metadata, access permissions, and security controls.
Benefits
- Overtime pay calculated by the minute.
- Flexible commuting hours.
- Welfare points for unrestricted use.
- Transportation support for night and holiday work through Kakao T Business.
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and holiday meal support.
- Unlimited snacks and beverages.
- Access to affiliated restaurants for employee gatherings.
- Housing stability support for home-purchase or rental-loan interest and monthly rent.
- Childcare expense support for preschool children.
- Holiday and Parents' Day gifts.
- Premium health screenings for employees and eligible family members.
- Group accident insurance.
- Support for up to two internal club memberships.
- Resort and condominium accommodation support.
Hiring Process
Document screening > first practical interview > second culture-fit interview > final offer. A pre-test by phone interview or online test may follow document screening. Reference checks may be conducted after interview approval depending on position.