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# (Sr.) Data Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Smartbroker AG
- **Location:** Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Raw Data, Standard Sql, Software Construction, Data Streaming, Technical Data Management Systems, Unstructured Data, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.de/jobad/dee0afa143198945dd5ab81fb9a44f3cbd

## About the Role

* University degree in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or a similar field
 * Several years of experience in data engineering and strongknow-howin building data-native, robust, scalable, and maintainable data platforms
 * Significant hands-on experience designing and operating data pipelines oncloud baseddata platforms (AWS, GCP) using data-native services (S3, Athena,BigQuery…)
 * Experience in data warehousing and containerization, e.g., Kubernetes, Docker…
 * Advanced knowledge about cloud networking & security (IAM, security groups…)
 * Proficient and experienced with Infrastructure as Code
 * Deep understanding of software engineering best practices: requirements specification, version control, CI/CD, testing, deployment, and monitoring of data pipelines and services
 * Excellent SQL skills and strong programming skills in Python, ideally including Airflow andPySpark
 * Strong knowledge in data streaming technologies like Kafka, Kinesis, Flink…
 * Excellent English communication skills, German is a plus
 * Interest in finance and fintech industry and a sense of humor

## Description

Our significantly growing Data, AI & MarTech Department is looking for an experienced Data Platform Engineer. The position is responsible for improving and continuously further developing our cloud-based data platform - the heart of Smartbroker's technical data infrastructure for business analytics & insights. Join us and play a major role in promoting and enabling a truly data-driven culture across the organisation!, * Develop and improve ourcloud baseddata platform for data analytic and business insights using most innovative data technologies

 * Build end-to-end data pipelines from raw data ingestion to consumable data: prepare and clean structured and unstructured data and develop high-quality data models for advanced analytics and AI use cases
 * Implement data quality monitoring to ensure accuracy and reliability of data pipelines
 * Architect, code, and deploy data infrastructure components
 * Collaborate closely withhighly ambitiousdata engineers and analysts in our growing Data, AI &MarTechDepartment as well as product technology colleagues
 * Stay up to date with latest market developments in data cloud architecture and share your knowledge


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