Data Infrastructure Engineer-Germany

Responsibilities

• design, build and operate scalable infrastructure for data ingestion, transformation, storage and serving.
• Run streaming flows with Kafka and Avro, orchestrate batch workflows in Airflow, and keep Redshift performant, well-modeled and cost-effective.
• manage secure, reproducible cloud environments for development, testing and production, with sensible cost controls.
• own SLOs, runbooks and alerts for critical data systems.
• Protect sensitive data through access controls, encryption, secrets management and retention policies.
• investigate incidents, lead root-cause analysis and implement preventative improvements.

Why join us Real impact

your commits change how the world meets.

Technical stretch

we deal with "time" problems most companies never meet. Our systems are high-throughput, distributed and reactive by design. It's a masterclass in building systems around a moving target.

Modern tooling

we give you the best AI and agentic tools, and we expect you to use them.

Culture of trust

we value curiosity, autonomy, and a balance that respects your time as much as our users.

Make data easy to use

improve discoverability through cataloging, lineage, ownership and quality testing, and build documentation, tooling and self-service workflows so analytics and engineering teams can work independently. What you bring 2+ years in data platform engineering or scalable software systems Kafka and Avro: schema design, serialization and evolution Redshift and production Airflow: data modeling and performance tuning Cloud and DevOps: CI/CD, infrastructure as code and Kubernetes, plus data lakes and open table formats Reliability and security: observability, incident response and debugging pipeline failures, with a security-conscious approach to data access, privacy and secrets Clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders dbt: experience with it is a plus Our commitment At Doodle, we're committed to an environment of mutual trust and respect, where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to age, race, ethnic origin, colour, disability, religion or belief, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation. Diversity and inclusion are of utmost importance to us. We're committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work and our products will be. We want to hear from you, so please don't hesitate to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.

Important notice

we can only consider applications from candidates who are based in, and have the right to work in, the country where this role is advertised. At this time we are unable to sponsor a visa or support relocation for this position.