Data Architect

It’s an exciting time to join Tactile. We're a diverse team of storytellers, puzzle enthusiasts and casual mobile game creators. Our story began in 2008 in the heart of beautiful Copenhagen, and since then we have experienced continuous growth, establishing ourselves as one of the largest gaming companies in Denmark. In more recent years, we have been scaling fast, in big part thanks to the success of a little game called Lily’s Garden. Now we’re on a mission to solidify our position as one of the leaders in creating out-of-the-ordinary casual puzzle games.

With more than 350 talented individuals, we are a mix of over 55 nationalities and 43% women. We truly appreciate the richness of different experiences and perspectives that Tactilers bring to the game. This is why we foster a lean organisational culture, in which each individual is encouraged to take responsibility, be open and grow in their own way. We pride ourselves in cultivating a studio environment that stays away from crunch, that fosters your skills no matter what your discipline is, and one that gives you a place to be creative alongside other passionate and invested storytellers.

🚀 Your role & impact:
We are currently growing our Core Data Team and are in the search for a Data Architect to join the team of talented engineers supporting our entire data operations. The Data team at Tactile is responsible for building our internal data platform, including all of the tools and services, which are used by game and marketing teams to manage, improve and speed-up their daily operations.

The impact you’ll have on the team’s success is that you’ll be taking the ownership of building an innovative and comprehensive self-service data platform, focusing on its performance and scalability. You will be acting as the bridge between the team building the shared platform (our Core backend engineers) and the teams using it (such as our game analyst and product managers).

We want to emphasise that in this role you will not be responsible for building data pipelines. Your focus will be on designing and building our data structures, in order to serve our data platform’s users better. So, if you have a problem-solving and service-oriented mindset, and if data is a key part of your DNA, then you might just be our missing piece! 🧩

This role is based on-site in our beautiful Copenhagen office, as we truly believe that when talented people work closely together, amazing things happen!

Okay, let’s get a little bit more specific.

Here’s what you’ll be doing on the day-to-day as a Data Architect within our Core Team:

• Taking part in defining our company-wide vision and direction for the future of our data platform, together with our Head of Data and the other Data Architect
• Defining and rolling out an improved way for us to do game analytics and dashboarding as a company
• Architecting the improved shared data platform in collaboration with our game and marketing teams
• Designing data structures within our data platform to serve the end-users better
• Acting as the vital link between the stakeholders of data and our data infrastructure, always building up on your knowledge of our business and its needs
• Creating prototypes and POCs for the backend engineers and being the knowledge-focal point for all things data

What we’re looking for:

• You’re an SQL expert
• You have years of experience in building and architecting data structures in performant environments (with big amounts of data, focused on efficiency and good practices)
• You have big data experience and have worked extensively with one of the big data databases (we use BigQuery here, but it’s also relevant if you worked with Redshift, SQL server or Snowflake)
• You’re a problem-solver with a service-oriented mindset
• You like to get into the nitty-gritty details of building complex systems
• You’re proactive, open-minded and a great communicator

You'll make us extra excited if you also have:

• Programming skills - we build our infrastructure using TypeScript/Node.js, but if you’ve worked with other scripting languages, that’s also great!
• Previous experience in the gaming industry

What’s in it for you?
🌆 Beautiful office space with probably the best view in Copenhagen
🩺 Pension and private health insurance
💻 A chance to work with the latest tools and technology
📚 Opportunities for individual growth with development talks as well as workshops, books and courses
🌮 Daily, healthy organic breakfast and lunch prepared by our professional chefs in-house
🥳 Social activities, including game nights, book club, Friday bar and more
✈️ Relocation package if you are coming from outside of Denmark
🔍 Free Danish lessons with our in-house Danish teacher

Our interview process
Submit your application via the fill-in form at the top of this page. This is the easiest and fastest way to get in touch with our recruiters. We foster an inclusive culture and accessible workplace and want to make sure we provide everyone with the same opportunities for success. This is why we encourage you to apply regardless of your gender, sexuality, age, nationality, neurodiversity or disability. We review applications based on competencies and experience, so please do tell us about your favourite projects and technologies.

After we review your application, you can expect to go through the following conversations:
☕ Introductory coffee chat with Ana, one of our recruiters, which primarily aims to ensure that we are aligned on the scope of the role and that all of your questions are answered.
👋 An introductory conversation with Felipe, our Head of Data, to discuss the more technical aspects of the role and how it fits into our business as a whole.
🧪 A take-home coding test, to see your skills in action.
🤝 Technical interview with Felipe and Martin, our Data Architect, during which you will present and discuss your test solutions.
💜 The final conversation will be with your potential future team, to ensure that there is good chemistry between you too.‍

We are pretty thorough with our hiring process. It is important to us that we choose new Tactilers carefully - just as it is vital to ensure that we are the right place for you.‍ We want to ensure you have a great candidate experience whilst in our recruitment process. We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please let us know.