Senior Data Engineer (all genders)

Overview

Senior Data Engineer (all genders) role at Resourcify. At Resourcify, we’re building Europe’s leading digital platform for waste management and circular economy. Our mission is to make recycling simple, transparent, and efficient, helping companies and municipalities reduce their environmental footprint. Our Data & Insights team power analytics, and product features with a robust and scalable data platform. We’re looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join us and advance our data infrastructure and pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable ELT pipelines in our modern data stack (Cloud Composer, Airflow, dbt, BigQuery, GitLab). Experience with Google Cloud is a plus; modern cloud-based stack experience is valuable.
• Develop and maintain robust data models that power analytics, reporting, and product features, ensuring performance and maintainability.
• Manage and optimise data infrastructure, including Cloud Composer environments and related GCP resources, in collaboration with the infrastructure team.
• Implement orchestration, testing, and monitoring to ensure data quality, reliability, and traceability across the data warehouse.
• Troubleshoot pipeline or environment errors quickly and effectively.
• Collaborate with backend and frontend engineers to ensure seamless integration of data models and pipelines into the product.
• Contribute to architectural decision-making by writing and reviewing RFCs, applying data engineering design patterns, and following best practices.
• Promote documentation and knowledge sharing to keep data systems accessible across the company.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering growth and continuous improvement within the team.

Must-have Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or similar roles.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with Airflow/Cloud Composer, dbt, and BigQuery (or similar modern data warehouse solutions and cloud-based infrastructure).
• Solid understanding of data modeling, orchestration, testing, and data engineering best practices.
• Experience building scalable, reliable data pipelines in production environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, able to work with engineers, analysts/scientists, and product managers.
• Experience mentoring, conducting code reviews, and promoting engineering best practices in a cross-functional team.
• Experience contributing to architecture and design decisions in data platforms.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with Java or backend development.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, etc.) and GCP resource management.
• Experience implementing AI/ML pipelines, ideally with MLOps/LLMOps exposure.
• Background in integrating external APIs into data pipelines.

Mindset & Values

• Flexible and curious: you enjoy analytics engineering, infrastructure work, and backend tasks, and are willing to learn new skills.
• Team player with proactive ownership and drive for improvements.
• Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback in a collaborative way.
• Committed to high-quality, scalable data infrastructure that directly impacts products and customers.
• Passionate about data-driven products and balancing principled and pragmatic problem-solving.
• Good communication skills with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Values teamwork and knowledge sharing within the team.

We appreciate and empower Resourcians

• Great working environment in a fast-paced company with fantastic team members.
• Flexible working: performance over hours, with a flexible vacation policy (30+ days).
• Remote-first policy with options to work from offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, or fully remote within Germany; permanent employment in Austria available.
• Temporary remote work up to 3 months if you have reliable high-speed Internet.
• Annual company offsite and regular team events.
• High-quality technical equipment and a Home-Office Budget.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate our differences and welcome people from all walks of life. At Resourcify, we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Join Resourcify and help us transform waste management. Together, we can grow sustainably.

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