Job Description

The Position

For Our Company, we are looking for a highly talented and motivated Data Engineer to join the R&D team.

As a Data Engineer you will develop the company’s animals Data platform. The Data platform plays a major part in the company vision; it is responsible for collecting, storing, and analyzing data from various sources and exposing it to various data consumers. You will design, develop, and optimize our data platforms and build scalable and robust data systems that handle large-scale data.

We are looking for an engineer with a real passion for Data who is willing to learn about business and build products based on analytics. The ideal candidate is a strong and independent individual with a solid background and experience in cloud and big data technologies who knows how to design and develop state-of-the-art ELT processes for data products.

What will you do?

• Build data pipelines and sub systems that are scalable and sustainable throughout their lifecycle.
• Build efficient, extensible data models from a variety of sources.
• Work closely with various stakeholders and data scientists to roll out new products.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering, with a proven track record of delivering solutions that support the product and/or internal stakeholders.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in cloud-based data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake.
• Extensive knowledge in data platform modeling (f.e. start schema modeling).
• BSc in industrial engineering or equivalent. 
• Experience in designing, building, deploying, and maintaining complex end-to-end data pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, including advanced query optimization techniques.
• Experience with monitoring procedures and data quality tools.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming, with experience in building data pipelines.
• Team player with a passion for collaboration and driving growth.

Nice to have

• Experience with Airflow, DBT, Databricks, Azure data factory.
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment 
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally 
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases) 
• Pension and health insurance contributions 
• Internal reward system plus referral programme 
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution 
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card 
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discount programmes 
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone 
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner 
• Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

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Required Skills:

Accountability, Accountability, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Animal Care, Animal Handling, Business Intelligence (BI), Database Administration, Databricks Platform, Data Engineering, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Quality Assurance, Data Visualization, Data Warehouse Development, Design Applications, Industrial Engineering, Information Management, Microsoft Azure Databricks, New Product Development, Python (Programming Language), Quality Assurance (QA), Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solutions Delivery, System Designs {+ 1 more}

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

02/9/2026

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