Remote Senior Data Engineer

Description:

• DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI, aiming to break down language barriers since 2017.
• The company serves over 100,000 businesses and millions of individuals, enhancing communication and productivity.
• The Senior Data Engineer will be part of a versatile team responsible for building and maintaining data models, libraries, and tooling for data processing.
• Key responsibilities include developing ETL pipelines, creating foundational data models, integrating new data sources, and supporting data specialists.
• The role involves collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and developers to solve complex technical challenges using various data sources.
• Responsibilities also include monitoring data system performance, ensuring data quality, maintaining documentation, and mentoring junior team members.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in data or analytics engineering roles, focusing on cloud data platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL for writing complex queries and optimizing performance is required.
• Experience in Python for data manipulation and scripting is necessary.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery is essential.
• Familiarity with OLAP, click stream, real-time event processing databases, and on-prem data warehouse experience is valuable.
• Expertise in designing and implementing data models for analytics is required.
• Experience with data orchestration and transformation tools like dbt, Airflow, or similar is necessary.
• A product mindset to work directly with business stakeholders and translate analytics needs into user-friendly data products is essential.
• Candidates should have experience diagnosing and resolving data issues and outages, and be prepared for on-call rotations.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, communication skills, and a collaborative mindset are important.

Benefits:

• Employees will join a diverse and internationally distributed team with over 90 nationalities, fostering a global community.
• The company promotes open communication and regular feedback, valuing clear and honest interactions.
• A hybrid work schedule is offered, allowing team members to work from home while coming into the office twice a week.
• Regular in-person team events are organized to strengthen team bonds and enhance collaboration.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions, known as Hack Fridays, allow employees to work on projects they are passionate about.
• Employees receive 30 days of annual leave, excluding public holidays, along with access to mental health resources.
• A competitive benefits package is tailored to reflect the diversity of the team and support employees in their unique locations.