Senior Data Platform Engineer
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About SumUp
SumUp believes in the everyday hero ā the small business owner. We create tools to help them run their businesses successfully. With a founder's mentality and a team-first attitude, our diverse global teams collaborate to ensure our partners thrive. SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
About the Role
As part of the Platform tribe, you will help build a self-service, AI-Ready Data Platform. This platform supports our strategic initiatives in Data, AI, and real-time analytics. You will be a key member of a team focused on building scalable, reliable infrastructure to empower our global data community.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain best-in-class data infrastructure for critical processes.
- Develop features that enhance self-service capabilities, including ETL and orchestration.
- Optimize processes for efficient compute usage and cost reduction.
- Automate operations to ensure high platform availability.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of new services.
You'll Be a Strong Fit If You Have
- Experience with infrastructure as code and containerization (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience using modern query engines (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Trino).
- Experience with modern data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster).
- Proficiency in at least one of our main languages: Python or Go.
- A pragmatic, team-first mindset.
- Self-motivation, ability to work independently, and skill in balancing stakeholder needs.
Nice to Have
- Experience building and operating performant API layers.
- Experience with dbt for transform, test, and documentation workflows.
- Query optimization at scale.
- Experience with real-time streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink, StarRocks, Pinot, Druid, ClickHouse).
- Experience with systems at petabyte scale.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled systems (e.g., agentic SRE, AI automation).
About SumUp
We are dedicated to empowering small business owners. Our tools and services are designed with a founder's mentality and a team-first approach. SumUp is committed to providing an equal employment opportunity and celebrates diversity across our global teams. We strive for a healthy and safe workplace and prohibit harassment.
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Is this position remote?
The Senior Data Platform Engineer role is a remote opportunity. The location specified is Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
What is the salary?
The salary is not explicitly stated, but is competitive and based on experience.
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