Data Engineer

We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!

The Role

• Design and operate data pipelines that power SaaS products and partner integrations, transforming curated data into reliable, up-to-date, and performant datasets.

• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Python with FastAPI services and Apache Spark/Scala workloads, focusing on data quality, lineage, observability, and cost optimization.

• Collaborate closely with Product Management, AI Engineers, and Architects to design Data Products enabling new AI-native features and partner integrations.

• Utilize AI tools and agents to accelerate pipeline development, schema migrations, and analyses, building reusable data engineering skills and workflows.

• Apply strong engineering principles to data management, including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, schema management, and clear ownership of pipelines and services.

What You'll Need

• Several years of senior-level experience in Data Engineering with Python and a proven track record of operating production data pipelines in regulated or business-critical environments.

• A degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a comparable technical field with excellent academic performance.

• Strong SQL skills and experience with modern data stacks (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Spark/PySpark, Kafka) and cloud data platforms, ideally AWS.

• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), GitOps/ArgoCD, version control, testing, and monitoring.

• Demonstrated effective use of AI in software and data engineering, ideally with agentic tools, and experience designing AI pipelines and context engineering.

• Fluency in both German and English, strong problem-solving skills, innovation drive, proactivity, and an entrepreneurial mindset aligned with healthcare's purpose and patient safety.

What's On Offer

• Competitive salary

• Flexible hybrid work model with two days remote per week.

• Opportunities for professional development through an in-house academy and external partnerships.

• Access to wellness facilities, including a canteen with healthy options and an on-site fitness studio.

Apply via Haystack today!