Team Lead, Data Technology & Platforms

The Team Lead, Data Technology & Platforms is a pivotal leadership role responsible for managing a specialized group of engineers dedicated to the foundational architecture of 2K’s data ecosystem. Overseeing four critical pillars—Platform Architecture, DataOps, MLOps, and Data Quality—this role harmonizes these disciplines to create a seamless, self-service data environment. The Team Lead ensures that 2K’s studios and data scientists can efficiently move from raw telemetry to actionable insights, aligning technical strategy with the organization's global strategic goals. What You Will Do

• Technical Roadmap & Vision: Define and execute the technical strategy for 2K’s data stack (Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow). Ensure platform scalability, operational reliability, and model deployment speeds support global requirements. - Engineering Excellence: Establish and enforce rigorous standards for code quality, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and automated testing across all sub-disciplines. - Cross-Functional Orchestration: Serve as the primary liaison between Data Engineering, Data Science, and Game Studio stakeholders to ensure the platform meets the needs of diverse internal customers. - People Leadership: Manage and mentor a high-performing team of approximately 7 specialists. Foster a culture of accountability and professional growth while driving technical innovation. - Operational Stewardship: Oversee the reliability of the entire data lifecycle. Lead incident response for critical platform outages and ensure root cause analyses (RCAs) drive structural system improvements. - Resource & FinOps Management: Optimize cloud expenditure across AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks, balancing high-performance requirements with cost-efficient infrastructure design. Who We Think Will Be A Great Fit

• Systems Thinking: Understands the interconnected nature of the data platform, quality checks, and MLOps, managing how changes in one area impact the broader ecosystem. - Strategic Prioritization: Balances the management of technical debt with the delivery of high-value features aligned with major game launches. - Guardian of Trust: Relentless focus on data integrity and security (GDPR/CCPA), ensuring the platform remains both secure and performant. - Leadership & Development: Proven ability to build and lead multidisciplinary teams, driving both technical results and employee engagement. - Effective Communication: Translates complex infrastructure challenges into clear business impact for leadership and studio partners. Required Qualifications, Knowledge, and Job-Related Skills

• Experience: 7+ years in Data Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering, including 2+ years in a formal management or leadership capacity overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams. - Architectural Mastery: Deep technical knowledge of the modern data stack, including Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS S3/Data Lakes. - Operational Fluency: Demonstrated experience implementing DataOps or MLOps frameworks at scale, including CI/CD for data and model-drift monitoring. - Software Rigor: Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL with the ability to perform deep-dive code reviews across different engineering domains. - Orchestration Mastery: Advanced experience with Apache Airflow or similar enterprise-grade orchestration tools. Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience managing high-velocity telemetry data from live-service gaming environments. - Experience building "Data-as-a-Service" or self-service analytics platforms. - Advanced professional certifications in AWS, Databricks, or Snowflake. What we offer you:

• Great Company Culture. We pride ourselves as being one of the most creative and innovative places to work, creativity, innovation, efficiency, diversity and philanthropy are among the core tenets of our organization and are integral drivers of our continued success. - Growth: As a global entertainment company, we pride ourselves on creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, inquisitive, collaborative and to grow within and around the company. - Work Hard, Enjoy Life. Our employees’ bond, blow-off steam, and flex some creative muscles – through corporate boot camp classes, company parties, our Office gaming spaces, game release events, monthly socials, and team challenges. - Benefits. Benefits include, but are not limited to; Discretionary bonus, Provident fund contributions, 1+5 medical insurance + top up options and access to Practo online Doctor consultation App, Employee assistance program, 3X CTC Life Assurance, 3X CTC Personal accident insurance, childcare services, 20 days holiday + statutory holidays,

• Perks. Gym reimbursement up to INR1150 per month, wellbeing program with the chance to earn up to $93 per annum, charitable giving program, access to learning platforms, employee discount program’s plus free games and events! Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation. Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts. #LI-Onsite