Hubert Burda Media

Data Platform Engineer

Hubert Burda Media

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Munich • Germany

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Tech Stack

AirflowAWSCloudETLKubernetesPythonSparkTerraform

About the role

  • 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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Hard Skills & Tools
ETLELTdata workflowsPythonKubernetesTerraformSparkFlinkAirflowdata warehouse
Soft Skills
collaborationownershipwillingness to learnreliabilityrobustnesscost-efficiency