N26

Data Engineer - Platform Engineering

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2 hours ago
Berlin, GermanySenior

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain reliable, secure, and scalable database platform infrastructure solutions.
  • Apply cloud infrastructure, networking, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD practices to operate data storage platforms.
  • Collaborate with Product and Analytics teams on orchestration, access, and metadata management.
  • Deliver code and infrastructure improvements that support the team roadmap.
  • Participate in technical discussions, documentation, on-call rotations, incident response, and troubleshooting.
  • Maintain observability through metrics, logging, and tracing to support service-level objectives and availability targets.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience maintaining cloud-based infrastructure, particularly AWS.
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or EKS.
  • Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar infrastructure-as-code tools.
  • Competence in at least one programming language, with Python preferred.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Jenkins.
  • Experience with data transformation tools, particularly dbt (Data Build Tool).
  • Expertise with workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow.
  • Familiarity with cloud networking, security best practices, and observability tools including DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
  • Knowledge of database internals, performance tuning, replication, failover, sharding, or clustering is a plus.
  • Backend engineering experience and familiarity with OpenMetadata are beneficial.
  • Strong collaboration, communication, ownership, problem-solving, and learning orientation.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work with two office days per week, including one dedicated team day and one employee-selected day.
  • Personal development and work-from-home budgets, fitness and wellness discounts, language apps, and public transportation benefits.
  • Premium N26 subscription for the employee and subscriptions for friends and family.
  • An additional annual leave day for each year of service.
  • Autonomy, access to modern technologies, and a diverse international team.
  • Relocation package with visa support for eligible employees.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowAWSDatadogdbtDockerGitHub ActionsGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraform

Categories

Data EngineeringDevOps
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About N26

1,001-5,000 employees

N26 is a leading European digital bank operating with a German banking license. Built on a foundation of technology, transparency and trust, we provide simple, secure, and digital-native banking to millions of customers across 24 markets. Headquartered in Berlin with a strategic presence in major European hubs including Vienna, Paris, Milan, Madrid and Barcelona, the company is powered by a diverse 1,600-strong team representing over 90 nationalities. We are committed to empowering its customers with financial confidence and control, delivering a best-in-class banking experience designed for the modern era. Need support? Please send us a direct message over on our N26 Support LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/company/n26support. Our team is here to help. Social media imprint and privacy policy: https://n26.com/en-de/social-media-imprint-and-privacy-policy