Senior Data Engineer (Data Platform) (m/f/d)

This is a full-time position based in Germany or Poland. We are a remote-first organization and support mobile and flexible working.

ResearchGate is the professional network for scientists and researchers.  

We provide scientists with the help and support they need by connecting them to the world’s most active scientific community. We've built a platform that gives the world's scientists the tools and services they need to connect, collaborate, and advance their research. Over 25 million members from 193 countries use ResearchGate to share, discover, and discuss research.

Objective of the Role

Our Data Platform Engineering team is crucial to our success in working with data. You help us maintain, shape and enhance our data infrastructure to enable innovation across all data functions. By keeping data flowing through our pipelines, you ensure we can make data-informed decisions. Most importantly, you will make an impact for 25+ million scientists around the world, who themselves have an impact on 8 billion peoples’ lives via their research.

The team

The team we are hiring for is part of the platform engineering department and consists of data engineers, with a broad spectrum of experience in managing big data pipelines. Their support enables our product, analytics and business teams on a daily basis. 

Collaboration is critical to our team’s success; team members ask for and offer help on each others’ projects and own objectives collectively, and we work closely with stakeholders in Product and other Engineering teams. We balance pragmatic solutions within our existing tech stack with forward-facing experiments, trying new solutions, employing new technologies, and informing ResearchGate’s Data Platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Engineer efficient, adaptable and scalable data architectures to make building and maintaining big data applications easy and enjoyable for others.

• Work with key big data technologies including Hadoop, Flink, and Kafka and help to migrate them into Cloud.

• Data ingestion (work with third-party tooling like Debezium and Kafka Connect plugins)

• Take ownership for continuous maintenance and improvement of components of our data platform.

• Act as a technical leader to drive the evolution of our data platform in collaboration with backend engineering, data science and analytics teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Platform Engineer or Data Engineer.

• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform or a different cloud provider 

• Proficient knowledge in Python (Experience in Java is a bonus)

• Understanding of DevOps: running applications in Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code using terraform, cloud security principles.

• Experience with big data technologies (Hadoop and Flink) and as a bonus operating at petabyte scale.

Your Profile:

• You are a strong team player and know that results come from great people working together around meaningful ideas

• With your experience you are comfortable working with the team to support our product and business, as well as our engineering teams with data pipelines and insights

• You are eager to learn and research new methods, solutions, and technologies

• You love to work with data as much as you enjoy communicating your findings to an interested audience

• You enjoy taking technical project ownership and designing complete systems to solve challenges

• You are energized by teaching and learning from your teammates, engaging in brainstorming and pair-programming sessions, and giving and getting peer-to-peer feedback

• You understand our mission and want to help us achieve it

The Interview Process:

• You will interview with several ResearchGate team members, including your hiring manager, potential teammates, and senior leadership. Your interview process will include experience-based interviews, technical challenges, and a Data pipeline case study.

Life at ResearchGate

You'll be working in an open and empowered company culture, with the chance to individually shape your professional development and growth. Enjoy being a part of an energetic team that’s passionate about changing science for the better. We’re a team of optimists from around the world and from many different backgrounds guided by our mission to connect the world of science and make research open to all. Enjoy a flexible working environment that adapts to your life circumstances, a generous 30 full days of vacation for you to unwind and days focused for your professional development to further grow your career along with free access to a platform to support your mental wellbeing. We support a remote work approach by enabling our team to work across borders (up to 120 days a year) by partnering with WorkFlex. Most of us work from the comfort of our homes, but our office located in the heart of Berlin is still open for you as an opportunity to change scenery and meet others. We occasionally come together for team summits, workshops, and in-person meetings, but fully embrace a remote-first approach to work.

ResearchGate is an equal opportunity employer

We encourage people from all backgrounds and life experiences to apply with us and help us change the world of science. We commit to impartial and inclusive hiring processes, and therefore ask you to please refrain from adding a picture and your age to your application form or CV. Our hiring decisions are made based on your skills and qualifications, regardless of your age, gender, origin or race/ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, disability status, religion, or any other (perceived) personal characteristics. We are excited to receive your application.

ResearchGate Intro and Mission

ResearchGate is the largest professional network for scientists and researchers. We've built a platform that helps the world's scientists and researchers to connect, collaborate, and advance their research to drive progress towards a better world.Over 25 million members from 193+ countries use ResearchGate to share, discover, and discuss research.