
Working Student Data Engineer – Data & Platform Engineering
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part-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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Salary
💰 €16 - €18 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Support a broad range of operational initiatives, including hands-on data operations (onboarding/offboarding, helpdesk tickets, bug fixes)
- Low–medium complexity data engineering and platform work, leveraging GenAI
- Identify and implement end-to-end automation opportunities using GenAI
- Support team rituals, sprint planning, and stakeholder management
- Organize workload and communicate priorities and challenges
- Maintain clear, accessible documentation and playbooks for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Translate technical concepts into business-friendly insights and facilitate cross-functional alignment
- Own problems end-to-end — from identifying the right opportunity to delivering and maintaining production data products — combining product thinking with engineering execution and AI acceleration.
Requirements
- Active enrollment at a German university in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Working knowledge of SQL and general software development
- Experience with AWS or other cloud providers
- Strong interest in data and data platform engineering (e.g. data warehousing, architecture, AWS, tooling, governance)
- Motivation to grow into a Product Engineer role within Data & Platform Engineering
- Availability to work 3–4 days per week on an ongoing basis
- Proactive, fast learner with a problem-solving mindset
- Familiarity with Agile working methods and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and GitHub
- Strong, clear communication skills in English
Benefits
- 20 paid holidays (based on a 5-day work week)
- 3 weeks of work-from-anywhere per year
- Flexible working hours
- 10 free nilo.health coaching sessions per year for mental health support & Urban Sports Club membership program
- Company-wide year-end event, quarterly team events, and a variety of wellbeing initiatives
- High-quality equipment tailored to your department, including a MacBook or ThinkPad, a monitor for your home office, and additional hardware
- Supportive environment for personal development and promotion opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLdata engineeringdata warehousingdata architectureGenAIautomationsoftware developmentdata governanceproduct thinkingAI acceleration
Soft Skills
problem-solvingproactivefast learnerstrong communicationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementcross-functional alignmentworkload managementtechnical translationteam collaboration