smallpdf - Senior Data Platform Engineer (Europe)
Requirements
• Comfortable taking full ownership across the data platform life cycle, from ingestion and storage to transformation, orchestration, and reliable data delivery. • A systematic problem solver with a quality-first mindset, aiming for clean, reliable, and maintainable solutions whether you're debugging pipelines or designing new systems. • A strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with analysts, product managers, and engineers to build data systems that work seamlessly for everyone. • Curious, pragmatic, and up to date with the latest trends and technologies, particularly in the open-source scene. • Becoming part of our team means more than just taking a job—it’s joining a dynamic, collaborative environment where your voice matters, your growth is championed, and your work truly makes a difference. • Here, we don’t just talk about a growth mindset—we live it. You’ll thrive in a culture that balances professional ambition with personal well-being, where flexibility, creativity, and purpose come together. Whether you're shaping the future through groundbreaking projects or leveling up your skills, your journey here will be one of impact, innovation, and continuous learning. This reflects in our company values https://smallpdf.com/careers#:~:text=in%20the%20world.-,It%E2%80%99s%20in%20Our%20DNA,-At%20Smallpdf%2C%20our.
Responsibilities
• Maintain healthy operations of our Redshift and Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, which sit at the foundation of our data delivery. • Oversee the ingestion of terabytes of near-real-time events from our products, backend, and third-party systems - the backbone of our reporting, AB testing, and operational monitoring. • Collaborate with technical and non-technical colleagues across the organization to set up and maintain data ingestion and infrastructure for our data applications. • Own the ingestion and infrastructure components that power our data applications (Looker, Growthbook, etc.), ensuring reliability, scalability, and self-serve access for internal teams. • Improve the developer experience in and around dbt by building tooling, templates, and CI workflows. • Enhance monitoring and observability of our data pipelines and data at rest. • Shape the next generation of our data platform by identifying gaps, evaluating new technologies, and building capabilities that enable data science, ML, and experimentation at scale. • Extend our reverse ETL capabilities and bring data products closer to customers. Own and operate hybrid data/backend pipelines that automate business-critical processes (e.g., data-driven updates to external systems such as Google Ads). • Partner with analysts and data scientists to ensure they have reliable, well-modeled data
Benefits
• 🌍 You get to impact the way over 60 million people get work done every month. • 🚀 Push boundaries and dare to fail - that’s how we learn! • 💻 Enjoy the flexibility of a remote work environment, and meet your team occasionally to work together and strengthen the team bond. • 🏝️ 30 vacation days - yep, you read that right - that you can take whenever you need them. • 🧳 Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over 2 years. • 👶 16 weeks parental leave - 100% of your salary - for all new parents • 🥧 Phantom stock Option plan (Conditions apply.) • 📚 A personal development budget of up to 2000CHF every year, plus days off for courses or training. • 🤓 Internal knowledge sharing and external coaching options during your working hours to boost both your hard and soft skills. • 👩💻 Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.
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