Lead Cloud and Data Engineer, Python

ONIQ

full-time

Posted on: 8/30/2025

Location: 🇩🇪 Germany

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About the role

As a Lead Cloud & Data Engineer, you will be at the heart of our product's development, taking full ownership of our multi-cloud infrastructure and backend services.
Working within a self-organized agile team, you will build and deploy IQA, the Production Excellence Software that drives our customers' success.
Design, build, and scale our multi-cloud infrastructure, developing, deploying and monitoring container-based services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and serving large scale Fortune 500 enterprises.
Architect and own our core customer data processing framework powering data integration and enabling new users to onboard at record speed.
Develop and optimize high-performance APIs and manufacturing data processing pipelines, directly enhancing the frameworks that power our AI products.
Shape the future of our product by co-defining and implementing new features and technical strategies.
Champion innovation by researching new technologies and driving knowledge sharing across the team.

A genuine interest in industrial production systems and our mission to revolutionize manufacturing through a B2B SaaS product.
An entrepreneurial spirit and the ambition to take an active role in building a fast-growing startup.
Extensive experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure, particularly with Kubernetes, major providers (GCP, Azure, AWS) and IaC frameworks (Terraform / OpenTofu / Pulumi and similar).
Deep expertise in Python, including data processing libraries (Polars, Arrow, DataFusion and similar) and API development (e.g., FastAPI).
Experience with languages such as TypeScript/React or Rust is a bonus but not required.
Proven ability in data engineering, including data transformation, storage solutions (object storage, OLTP/OLAP/Cache databases), and pipeline orchestration (e.g., Dagster, Prefect, Airflow).
A strong sense of ownership and excellent organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and drive projects forward.
7+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, backend development, or a similar role.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Willingness to travel to our Cologne office occasionally for in-person workshops and to team events.