Senior Data Platform Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Travel perks: 12 free company vouchers

Work from (M)Anywhere: up to 60 days per year

Wellbeing support: confidential 1:1 counselling

Zusammenfassung

United States Digital Space LLC in Berlin is seeking a motivated Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Core Data Platform team. The role involves improving our data platform infrastructure on AWS and K8s, ensuring high availability and reliability, while collaborating with engineers and analysts.

The ideal candidate will have strong data architecture experience, Kafka knowledge, and the ability to develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform. The position offers a hybrid work model, where you can balance working from home and the office.

Qualifikationen

• Strong data architecture experience in large organizations.
• Ability to evaluate and introduce new technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD (GitLab) and observability (Datadog).

Aufgaben

• Improve and maintain scalable data platform infrastructure.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams for platform usability.
• Implement observability and monitoring to detect issues.

Kenntnisse

Data architecture experience

Kafka knowledge

Terraform knowledge

AWS experience

Kubernetes hands-on experience

Fluent in English

Jobbeschreibung

At the company, we offer a dynamic work environment with competitive pay, strong growth opportunities, and a tech-driven approach to making travel more accessible, sustainable, and affordable.

We’re looking for a motivated and skilled Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Core Data Platform team– Foundation Division. You will help us drive the company to the next level, and have the most direct influence on our success.

The team provides tools, infrastructure, expertise and best practices to empower every company employee through data excellence and reliable infrastructure. We put our users into the heart of our data platform, ensuring that they can easily process, discover, analyze, share and leverage data. We have a constant process of reflecting on our current work, and adapting new practices and technologies. Our daily work is built on trust and collaboration.

About the Role

Improve and maintain our scalable data platform infrastructure on AWS, K8s, Confluent Cloud and Snowflake, ensuring high availability and reliability for all data consumers across the organization.
Collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams to understand their needs and continuously improve the platform’s usability and self-service capabilities.
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, ensuring our cloud environments are reproducible, auditable, and well-documented.
Operate and improve our data platform by optimizing workloads for performance, cost-efficiency, and resilience.
Build and refine CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) to enable fast, safe, and automated deployments across the data platform.
Evaluate and introduce new technologies and best practices to keep our data platform modern, secure, and future-proof.
Contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation, sharing knowledge within the team and across the organization.
Implement and maintain comprehensive observability and monitoring (Datadog), creating actionable alerts and dashboards to proactively detect and resolve issues.
Participate in the team's on‑call duty schedule.

About You

Strong data architecture experience, with a proven track record of solving complex data challenges in large or multi‑team organizations.
The right cultural fit: a genuine desire to help colleagues, a focus on delivering the right solution over the fast one, and comfort with frequent context switching.
Strong Kafka knowledge from architecture and a developer’s perspective, enabling hands‑on support for application developers and contributing to our infrastructure.
Extensive experience with scalable data platforms in complex environments, including ownership of platform‑critical applications.
End‑to‑end infrastructure ownership – CI/CD (GitLab), observability & monitoring (Datadog) – with the ability to create meaningful, actionable monitors.
Solid Terraform knowledge to confidently navigate, maintain, and contribute to our infrastructure‑as‑code codebase.
On‑call experience and a clear mindset that critical issues don’t follow business hours.
Solid experience with a Cloud Provider (preferably AWS).
Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes.
Fluent in English, with strong technical communication skills adaptable to diverse audiences.

Nice‑to‑have

Experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data warehouse solutions (e.g., Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift).
Network/Security knowledge (e.g., SSO, SAML, VPCs, network policies, EntraID).
Previous experience working in a central or shared data platform team.
Exposure to or interest in AI/ML workloads on data platforms.

We recognize that everyone carries a unique set of valuable skills and experiences. If you think you could have an impact even though you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply. We want to hear from you!

What We Offer

Travel perks: 12 free company vouchers + 12 discount vouchers for friends & family.
Work from (M)Anywhere: Depending on your role, work from another location for up to 60 days per year.
Hybrid work model: We are an office‑first company, but we offer flexibility to balance work and life.
Wellbeing support: Access confidential 1:1 counselling, courses, and stress management for yourself and up to four family members.
Learning & Development: Take advantage of language classes, training courses, and expert‑led sessions to grow your skills.
Mentoring Program: Connect with experienced colleagues to gain insights and accelerate your career.

To view more local benefits specific to each office location, please check out this link: Locations – the company Career.

Why Join the company?

At the company, you’ll find teams that rally together to overcome challenges and spark creativity. We believe in ownership culture – giving you the freedom to take initiative, make an impact, and shape your own career path. As we continue to expand across the globe, you can make a real difference in how we work.

If you’re ready to grow and lead your journey, the company is the place for you!