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About the role
- Data Platform Engineer developing event tracking and analytics solutions for BurdaForward's data infrastructure. Collaborating with teams to improve data workflows and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Develop and operate core components of our data infrastructure for event tracking and analytics
- Implement and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines (batch and streaming) under the guidance of senior engineers
- Build, deploy, and monitor data workflows using modern cloud and open-source technologies
- Collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Analysts, and Product teams to understand data requirements
- Contribute to improving the reliability, robustness, and cost-efficiency of the data platform
- Participate in on-call rotations and handle operational topics as appropriate
Requirements
- Several years of professional experience as a Data Platform Engineer, Data Engineer, or in a similar role
- Good understanding of cloud-based data platforms, ideally on AWS
- Hands-on experience with containerized environments and basic Kubernetes knowledge
- Practical experience with at least one modern data warehouse or query engine (e.g. Snowflake, Trino, ClickHouse)
- Strong Python skills and initial experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
- Experience with batch and/or streaming data processing (Spark and/or Flink)
- Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow
- Willingness to learn, take ownership of components, and grow within a central data platform team
Benefits
- Significant creative freedom within the secure context of a well-established, successful company, enabling entrepreneurial initiatives, interdisciplinary networking, and bold innovation
- A wide range of benefits, including subsidized workplace meals, company pension contributions, bicycle leasing program, corporate health management, gym discounts, sabbaticals, exclusive employee discounts and more
- Free magazines and discounts on magazine subscriptions and access to discounts from over 300 brands across technology, fashion, sport and culture
- Personal and professional development through a broad range of internal and external training opportunities and coaching
- We take responsibility and contribute to societal well-being through our foundations, and we support employee passion projects through initiatives such as "Burda moves"
- 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours and work locations (by arrangement), and up to 20 days of workation in other EU countries for an ideal work–life balance
- We value our employees: we offer a permanent employment contract and encourage internal mobility
- A smartphone and laptop for professional and private use
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