8 months ago
Munich, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Architect and build the greenfield data warehouse from scratch.
- Own data infrastructure end to end, from initial implementation through scaling.
- Build resilient ETL/ELT pipelines to fetch, clean, and transform financial data from third-party APIs and integrations.
- Establish data governance, quality checks, and security protocols for sensitive financial and employee information.
- Select data warehouse, orchestration, cloud, and architecture technologies.
- Potentially hire and mentor junior engineers as the team grows.
Requirements
- 5+ years of data engineering experience and a strong track record scaling modern data infrastructure.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- Expert-level SQL and strong programming skills in Python.
- Experience setting up modern cloud data warehouses and orchestration tools, such as BigQuery, Snowflake, Looker, and dbt.
- Deep experience with complex third-party APIs, rate limits, and asynchronous data fetching.
- Experience with agent frameworks such as LangChain and RAG pipelines.
- Very good written and verbal English communication skills, with a minimum C1 level; German is a plus.
- Valid work permit to work in Germany.
Benefits
- Opportunity to join and shape the company at a very early stage.
- Rapid career growth in an AI-first company.
- Environment focused on developing skills relevant to the future of AI.
- Above-market compensation and an equity package.
- Choice of virtual or in-person interview meetings; the final interview is in person and approximately three hours, including live coding.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Skalar
Skalar builds a tech-first tax firm model, providing automated accounting, tax compliance, payroll, and advisory services for German SMEs and the Mittelstand. Its business combines in-house software with experienced tax professionals to deliver recurring, digital-first workflows and client portals. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in Munich, this privately held company focuses on scalable, automation-driven tax operations.