AI-First Data Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build and optimize cloud-native data pipelines on AWS (ETL/ELT, Aurora, Redshift, dbt, Spark/EMR, Airflow, CDC) using AI tooling as a standard part of the workflow
• ▹Design and evolve data models for analytics, operational use cases and AI/ML
• ▹Raise data reliability by embedding governance, testing and lineage
• ▹Partner with product and engineering teams to turn ambiguous business problems into robust data solutions
• ▹Evaluate new approaches such as data mesh patterns and AI tooling, and decide what earns a place in the stack
• ▹Grow into the financial and regulatory reporting workstream (Finion Capital)

Requirements

• ▹3+ years in data engineering with a focus on data warehousing
• ▹Strong SQL and Python for data work
• ▹Natural use of AI tools, with the judgment to review and validate their output
• ▹Solid grasp of data architecture and modeling principles (dimensional modeling, slowly changing dimensions, incremental patterns)
• ▹Hands-on experience with dbt on a cloud warehouse
• ▹Working knowledge of relational databases and some exposure to non-relational ones (DynamoDB, MongoDB)
• ▹Track record of debugging tricky data issues and shipping durable fixes
• ▹Excellent written and verbal English

Nice to have

• ▹AWS experience (Redshift, EMR, Glue, S3, IAM); GCP or Azure also welcome
• ▹Streaming/CDC technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Debezium) or data mesh
• ▹Experience building data pipelines for ML or AI systems
• ▹Exposure to financial, payments or regulated reporting data
• ▹German (helpful for some stakeholder work, but not required)

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Salary range: EUR 72,000 – 82,000 per year
• ▹30 days annual leave with a 5-day workweek
• ▹100% remote work within Germany
• ▹Fitness: Move Republic program or EGYM Wellpass with a EUR 20/month co-pay
• ▹Access to Udemy
• ▹Deutschland Ticket subsidy
• ▹Company pension scheme (bAV) with above-average employer contribution
• ▹Flexible working hours
• ▹Employee discounts in Germany and Austria

About the company

Sport Alliance builds the platform behind Magicline and Finion, serving thousands of gyms and 10M+ members.