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Senior Data Engineer - Sponsored Content & Products (all genders) @ ABOUT YOU SE & Co. KG

Hamburg, DEOnsiteFull-timeJob reference Dummy-ID2606-00330A
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The Sponsored Content & Products team is a key growth driver. Its mission is to build highly scalable self-serve cost-per-click (CPC) bidding marketplaces that empower brands to efficiently boost their visibility in real time right at the digital point of sale.

While operating within an existing ecosystem, the architectural transition from a single monolith into four specialized product teams provides a highly autonomous, greenfield-like environment where your design decisions will directly shape our future state and enable us to multiply our Retail Media revenue.

Bridge Platform & Application Layers: Design, build and maintain high-throughput Reverse ETL replication pipelines that bridge the gap between central core platform systems and client-facing reporting toolsEvaluate Storage & Data Modeling: Actively evaluate whether data is structured correctly for their downstream use cases. Command strategic technical decisions on whether workloads belong in relational engines (MySQL aggregates), fast search indexing layouts (OpenSearch), cloud warehouses (BigQuery), or columnar storage (ClickHouse)Pipeline Modernization: Take lead in the migration of our current custom data processing pipelines into a modern, scalable data architecture through a secure transition pathCross-Functional Information Architecture: Partner closely with Backend Engineers and Analytics Engineers to map out highly performant, scalable data structures, taking ownership over physical and logical modeling boundariesDrive Operational Excellence: Promote operational excellence across our data infrastructure by prioritizing proactive monitoring, system reliability, and overall application health just as much as building new pipelinesBalance Innovation with Stability: Cultivate a very high standard of data infrastructure health, ensuring that long-term maintainability is valued equally with delivering new featuresSet engineering standards, evaluate technical trade-offs 5+ years of professional experience in data platform engineering7+ years of total professional experience in (general) engineeringProgramming Languages: Strong proficiency in Python for writing custom data loading logic, data validation drivers, and cluster-executed sync utilitiesBatch Workflow Orchestration: Expert experience building automated, event-driven batch architectures.. Skilled in configuring state tracking, asset sensors, and task dependency graphs for complex pipeline schedulesDatabase Architecture: Advanced understanding of relational and analytical database engines. Expert knowledge of when to leverage transactional relational setups (MySQL transaction isolation levels, query performance tuning) versus highly optimized columnar/document architectures (ClickHouse, OpenSearch, BigQuery)Observability & Telemetry: Experience tracking system resources, logging pipeline runtimes, and setting up centralized data alerts within monitoring platforms like DatadogPragmatic & Solution-Oriented Mindset: A practical problem solver who values executing secure, stable transition steps over premature optimization or over-engineeringEffective Communicator: Able to convey complex architectural concepts, technical designs and performance trade-offs clearly and simplyHigh Autonomy & Proactive Ownership: Motivated to work independently, take charge of data initiativesCollaborative: Capable of working productively alongside central infrastructure teams to align on data handoffs, platform boundaries and information architecture

Nice To Have:

Modern data orchestrators: Experience with modern data orchestrators like Dagster or similar toolsData Transformation: Working knowledge of dbt to effectively collaborate and support analytics engineersDomain Expertise: Prior experience working within an e-commerce, retail tech, or ad-tech ecosystem, with a solid understanding of commercial retail workflows or funnel metricsPractical familiarity or comfort reading object-oriented PHP and frameworks like Laravel is a highly valued bonus, as our existing legacy pipeline and custom orchestrator live natively inside this environment Your perks at a glance: Visit our benefits page.

Simply apply online via our career page - we will get back to you as soon as possible!

A Place Where You Can Be You

We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.

Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.

What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and a fairer approach to fashion.

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Product & TechEngineeringMid-Senior LevelInternet

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