Job Description
Company Description
Talan – Positive Innovation
Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultants in 21 countries and a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.
Talan at a Glance
Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowerment to deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenue this year.
Our Core Areas of Expertise
Data & Technologies: We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
Cloud & Application Services: We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
Management & Innovation Consulting: We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.
We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.
Job Description
We are looking for a Tech Leader with strong experience in microservices architectures and big data solutions to join the CDAIO Tech & Engineer team.
The Tech Leader will act as the technical reference, driving architectural evolution across both application and Big Data ecosystems, ensuring high-quality delivery and alignment with business and data governance needs. This is a hands-on leadership role, combining strategic vision with strong execution capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the technical leader and point of reference for the Datatooling platform.
- Define, evolve and govern the microservices architecture and REST APIs.
- Own key technical decisions, ensuring scalability, security and maintainability.
- Lead the integration and optimal use of ElasticSearch, Redis, and PostgreSQL.
- Drive the design and evolution of data processing solutions using Spark and Databricks.
- Oversee orchestration and scheduling of data workflows using Airflow and Control-M.
- Ensure alignment between application services and Big Data platforms.
- Define and enforce technical standards, best practices and architectural principles.
- Mentor team members and promote technical excellence.
- Collaborate with architects, data engineers and stakeholders.
- Proactively identify technical risks and define mitigation plans.
- Drive continuous improvement in code quality, observability, performance and reliability.
- Contribute to technical planning and roadmap definition.
Qualifications
Required Technical Skills
- Proven experience as a Tech Leader or Senior Technical role in microservices-based architectures.
- Strong expertise in REST API design and governance.
- Hands-on experience with:
- ElasticSearch
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- Solid experience in Big Data technologies, including:
- Apache Spark
- Databricks
- Airflow
- Control-M
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, data platforms and scalable architectures.
- Experience working in Agile environments.
Nice to Have
- Experience in Data Governance initiatives or platforms.
- Knowledge of TrueDat (IBM) or similar data governance solutions.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Cloud platform experience.
- Ability to define cross-domain technical standards (application & data).
Additional Information
What do we offer you?
- Hybrid position based in Málaga, Spain
- Possibility to manage work permits.
- Permanent, full-time contract.
- Smart Office Pack so that you can work comfortably from home.
- Training and career development.
- Benefits and perks such as private medical insurance, life insurance, Language lessons, etc
- Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
If you are passionate about data, development & tech, we want to meet you!
