About this role
Role Summary
You will design, build and operate scalable data lifecycle solutions that enable reliable data consolidation, governance and analytics across ZEISS. Working closely with ZEISS Digital Partners and business units, you take end-to-end ownership of data platforms and pipelines on Azure, contributing directly to ZEISS’ digital transformation.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and operate scalable data lifecycle solutions for data consolidation, processing and governance (batch & streaming)
- Build and automate data transformation pipelines on the Azure Data Platform
- Take end-to-end ownership of data applications, from conception and prototyping to production and stable operations
- Drive architecture and technology decisions, including DevOps / DataOps processes and modern data platform patterns
- Ensure high quality, performance, reusability and reliability of data solutions through clean-code and test-driven development
- Collaborate closely with ZEISS business units and ZEISS Digital Partners, translating user needs into user-centric technical solutions
- Support software releases, monitoring and continuous improvement in enterprise-scale environments
Requirements
Must-have
- 3+ years of professional experience in software or data engineering
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or Java
- Experience with distributed data processing (e.g. Spark, Databricks or similar technologies)
- Hands-on experience with Azure-based data platforms
- Solid understanding of data pipelines, orchestration and data quality concepts
- Experience with API-based integrations and distributed systems
- Fluency in English
Nice-to-have
- Experience with DevOps / DataOps, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
- Knowledge of containerization and cloud-native architectures (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with data governance, metadata management and data sharing concepts
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Grafana, Datadog)
- Exposure to analytics or machine learning data platforms
Plus
- Experience working in enterprise-scale, cross-functional environments
- Strong stakeholder communication and consulting mindset
- Customer- and user-oriented way of working
Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:
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About ZEISS Group
ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling almost 12 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, and Consumer Markets (September 30, 2025).
For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces, and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, and binoculars.
With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare, and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 15 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.
With over 46,600 employees, ZEISS is active globally in around 50 countries with more than 60 sales and service locations, around 40 research and development facilities, and 30 production facilities worldwide.
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What you'll do
- You will design, build, and operate scalable data lifecycle solutions for data consolidation and governance. This includes taking end-to-end ownership of data applications and driving architecture and technology decisions.
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