Lead Cloud & Data Engineer (Python) (f/m/d)

About ONIQ

ONIQ is on a mission to transform manufacturing for a more sustainable and efficient future. With IQA, our Production Excellence Software, we are pioneering a new category in industrial tech - combining lean production principles with AI, process mining, and advanced data analytics. Our software empowers manufacturers to systematically identify inefficiencies, accelerate improvements, and scale operational excellence across their global production networks.

We are a highly motivated team with a strong sense of ownership and passion for what we do. Our entrepreneurial mindset and commitment to innovation have enabled us to grow fast and shape the future of digital lean and green manufacturing. At ONIQ, culture is just as important as product. We foster an environment rooted in authenticity, diversity, integrity, and mutual respect - where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work.

What You Will Do

As a Lead Cloud & Data Engineer, you will be at the heart of our product's development, taking full ownership of our multi-cloud infrastructure and backend services. Working within a self-organized agile team, you will build and deploy IQA, the Production Excellence Software that drives our customers' success. Together with the development team, you will:

• Design, build, and scale our multi-cloud infrastructure, developing, deploying and monitoring container-based services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and serving large scale Fortune 500 enterprises
• Architect and own our core customer data processing framework powering data integration and enabling new users to onboard at record speed
• Develop and optimize high-performance APIs and manufacturing data processing pipelines, directly enhancing the frameworks that power our AI products
• Shape the future of our product by co-defining and implementing new features and technical strategies
• Champion innovation by researching new technologies and driving knowledge sharing across the team

What we expect from you

• A genuine interest in industrial production systems and our mission to revolutionize manufacturing through a B2B SaaS product
• An entrepreneurial spirit and the ambition to take an active role in building a fast-growing startup
• Extensive experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure, particularly with Kubernetes, major providers (GCP, Azure, AWS) and IaC frameworks (Terraform / OpenTofu / Pulumi and similar)
• Deep expertise in Python, including data processing libraries (Polars, Arrow, DataFusion and similar) and API development (e.g., FastAPI). Experience with languages such as TypeScript/React or Rust is a bonus but not required
• Proven ability in data engineering, including data transformation, storage solutions (object storage, OLTP/OLAP/Cache databases), and pipeline orchestration (e.g., Dagster, Prefect, Airflow)
• A strong sense of ownership and excellent organizational skills, with the ability to work independently and drive projects forward
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, backend development, or a similar role
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Willingness to travel to our Cologne office occasionally for in-person workshops and to team events

What We Offer

We work differently, we highly value transparency, integrity and authenticity. We trust and respect each other, which leads to a very collaborative working environment where we ensure that everyone can contribute ideas and decisions are made based on competency

We are agile and fast paced, you will have the opportunity to take on as much responsibility as you want to and go beyond your job description to push your personal and our progress

We truly care about work culture and make it a priority by regularly spending time reflecting on our teamwork, by actively committing work time to keep our strong team spirit and by incorporating activities into the workday to create balance

We embrace diversity with our team encompassing team members from nine nationalities and over 40% female representation (with the clear ambition to reach 50%), including a female CEO among the founders

We contribute to fighting climate change by helping our industrial manufacturing customers reduce their carbon emissions with our products, by being aware of our own environmental impact and by being carbon neutral as a company

All other benefits that make work more pleasant like flexible hours, part-time options, possibility to work remote, regular team events and offsites, 30 days PTO, weekly yoga sessions etc.

How to apply

We'd love for you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Please use our job portal for your application, we are looking forward to hearing from you! If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].