Hybrid Data Platform Engineer

at Smallpdf

• Job title: Data Platform Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Amazon Redshift, ETL, Kubernetes, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Belgrade, Serbia

About the role

• Senior Data Platform Engineer at Smallpdf overseeing ingestion pipelines and Redshift warehouse. Collaborating with data professionals to enhance data-driven insights for the company.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reliable ingestion pipelines.
• Ensure our Redshift warehouse performs consistently at scale.
• Deliver high-quality data into our dbt transformation layer.
• Own the systems that expose data back to the business.
• Collaborate with experienced data professionals and data-driven stakeholders.
• Oversee the ingestion of terabytes of near-real-time events from our products, backend, and third-party systems.
• Own the ingestion and infrastructure components that power our data applications (Looker, Growthbook, etc.).
• Improve the developer experience in and around dbt by building tooling, templates, and CI workflows.
• Enhance monitoring and observability of our data pipelines and data at rest.
• Shape the next generation of our data platform by identifying gaps, evaluating new technologies, and building capabilities that enable data science, ML, and experimentation at scale.
• Extend our reverse ETL capabilities and bring data products closer to customers.
• Partner with analysts and data scientists to ensure they have reliable, well-modeled data.

Requirements

• Comfortable taking full ownership across the data platform life cycle, from ingestion and storage to transformation, orchestration, and reliable data delivery.
• A systematic problem solver with a quality-first mindset, aiming for clean, reliable, and maintainable solutions whether you're debugging pipelines or designing new systems.
• A strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with analysts, product managers, and engineers to build data systems that work seamlessly for everyone.
• Curious, pragmatic, and up to date with the latest trends and technologies, particularly in the open-source scene.
• Strong experience in Redshift, Kubernetes, Python, and SQL.
• Experience with systems of similar scale and complexity is a strong plus.

Benefits

• Private health insurance cover on us - one less thing to worry about
• 1 year maternity leave and 16 weeks paternity leave - 100% of your salary.
• 30 vacation days - yep, you read that right - that you can take whenever you need them.
• Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over 2 years.
• A personal development budget of up to 1,850 EUR every year, plus days off for courses or training.
• Internal knowledge sharing and external coaching options during your working hours to boost both your hard and soft skills.
• Possibility of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). (Conditions apply.)
• Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.
• We like eating out, game nights, carting, and grabbing a drink by the River Sava - we’re serious about *stoni tennis*, too!