Data Engineer – AI-Driven Data Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Germany.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with engineers and client relations to co-manage the Data segment of the media-planning platform.

• Take ownership of the complete data flow from advertising-platform APIs to analytics that support media plans, dashboards, and billing-grade reports.

• Ensure the maintenance of connectors to platforms such as Meta, TikTok, Google Ads/DV360, Amazon DSP, The Trade Desk, Adform, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.

• Manage the continuous flow of client data amidst provider endpoint, field, and limit modifications.

• Utilize dbt and SQL to model and normalize data.

• Enforce data-quality practices, including deduplication, freshness checks, and reconciliation with platform-reported data.

• Ensure reliability of nightly client pipelines and investigate incidents to determine root causes.

• Differentiate between provider outages, client setup issues, and product defects, and document the findings.

• Enhance the multi-tenant semantic layer by introducing new metrics and implementing row-level security.

• Contribute to the development of the lakehouse platform.

• Work collaboratively with users, client relations, and other teams.

• Assist in refining engineering processes for AI coding agents.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in building and managing production data pipelines from third-party APIs to curated, reportable data.

• Strong knowledge of Python, particularly in third-party HTTP API integrations, including pagination, rate limits, authentication, token refresh, and error handling.

• Proficient in SQL.

• Solid experience with dbt, encompassing incremental models and tests.

• Familiarity with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL.

• Practical experience with AI coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor.

• Excellent written communication skills.

• A strong emphasis on data quality, testing, and architectural integrity.

• Comfortable interacting directly with users and documenting findings.

• Fluent in English and/or German; English is the primary language of the company.

• Legal work authorization and residency in Germany, or a willingness to relocate to Germany.

• Knowledge of Snowflake, Trino, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Airbyte, Cube.js, Kubernetes/Terraform, Elixir, Ruby, or experience in media/advertising is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Up to 100% remote work flexibility.

• Flexible working hours.

• Company-provided laptop running Linux or Mac.

• Paid access to leading AI coding agents.

• Subsidized Deutschlandticket for public transportation.

• Subsidized Hansefit gym membership.

• Job bike leasing program.

• Company pension scheme.

• Regular performance appraisals, feedback sessions, and development discussions.

• Opportunities to participate in conferences, trade shows, tech events, and training sessions.

• Time allocated for exploring new AI tools and innovative work methodologies.

• Small, international teams.

• Modern workspace located in central Hamburg.

• Opportunities for personal growth and continuous learning.

• Flexibility to accommodate family and personal commitments.