Junior Software Engineer - Data

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000).

We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 60 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world.

At Almedia, you’ll:

• Own way more, way earlier — you’ll be trusted with responsibility fast.

• Push harder, get further — this isn’t a 9–5. We highly reward intensity.

• Join a rare environment — you will work with ambitious high-speed, high-ownership people.

• Fully present — we’re 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need.

Junior Software Engineer - Data

A highly technical mindset and a drive to improve daily are essential.

You’ll design, implement, scale, and maintain the code that powers our production environment. With real freedom to innovate, you’ll shape the next generation of our data and backend platform—connecting APIs, pipelines, self-managed and cloud infrastructure platform to deliver fast, reliable, high-impact systems.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain Python APIs and backend services to support both internal and third-party integrations.

• Develop and operate robust, end-to-end data pipelines, managing data flow from ingestion through persistence across various Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

• Apply strong principles of data modeling and database design for managing structured and semi-structured data effectively.

• Ensure the delivery of clean, testable, and production-ready code.

• Drive continuous improvement in observability, performance, and reliability for all backend and data systems.

• Utilize modern cloud and automation best practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, containerization, and orchestration technologies.

What You’ll Bring

• Up to 1 year of professional experience in backend or data engineering.

• Strong academic background

• Excellent proficiency in Python and SQL.

• Practical, hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS or GCP) and data warehouse design (e.g., BigQuery or Snowflake), and experience with building and deploying APIs.

Nice to Have