Senior Software Engineer, Ads Data Platform - Vendor

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building and delivering software solutions, including distributed systems based on microservices, API- and event-based communication, and data processing covering both streaming and batch workloads
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages like Java/Python/Go for building data-intensive applications and pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with stream processing frameworks like Apache Flink or Apache Spark and message brokers like Apache Kafka, including production-grade deployments (state management, exactly-once semantics, backpressure handling).
• Experience with various OLTP & OLAP storage systems such as Clickhouse, PostgreSQL etc.
• Extensive experience with cloud-based data ecosystems such as AWS (S3, Kinesis, DynamoDB) and GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow)
• Familiar with common logging, monitoring, alerting tools such as Grafana, Datadog, NewRelic, Prometheus, etc.
• Ability to lead and drive technical initiatives across multiple teams, and significant and proven experience building and delivering solutions at scale.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud cost optimization, particularly around compute and storage trade-offs in data pipelines
• Familiarity with data governance concepts — cataloging, lineage tracking, access control
• Experience with dbt or semantic/metric layer tooling for downstream data modeling.

What You'll Be Doing

• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to understand stakeholder needs and translate them into well-scoped technical solutions
• Participate in cross-team architecture discussions, contribute domain expertise, and help evaluate design trade-offs for platform components
• Lead by example on engineering quality — code reviews, testing standards, documentation, and incident response
• Design and implement scalable, reliable components for the Data Platform, including real-time streaming pipelines, batch processing workflows, and data infrastructure integrations
• Build and maintain critical data infrastructure: storage layers, data governance tooling, pipeline observability, and warehouse integrations
• Contribute to the technical roadmap by identifying improvement areas, flagging performance bottlenecks, and proposing pragmatic solutions with clear trade-offs.

Perks and Benefits

• Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
• We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
• We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
• Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
• Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan
• The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.