Senior Data Platform Engineer, Intelligent Platforms (all genders)

The role

You will build and run streaming and messaging platforms to ensure operational data is delivered reliably and cost-efficiently. You will own critical infrastructure and develop self-service provisioning systems for backend and data engineers.

What you will do

• Build and run the streaming and messaging platform using Kafka, Kafka Connect, Flink, and SQS.
• Identify and act on opportunities to reduce platform cost and complexity.
• Own the reliability and availability of critical data paths.
• Enable self-service for operational data stores using Terraform modules and tooling.
• Develop AI-powered self-service tooling and agent-based capabilities.
• Raise the bar on data quality for operational data.
• Collaborate with the Analytical Data team for seamless data flow.
• Participate in on-call rotations and invest in automation.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience as a data, software, or platform engineer building and operating production data infrastructure at scale.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Proficiency in a backend language such as Go, Java, Scala, or Python.
• Deep experience with event streaming and messaging systems, particularly Kafka.
• Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and DynamoDB.
• Experience building infrastructure on AWS with Terraform, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Strong ownership mindset regarding reliability, efficiency, and developer experience.
• Comfort with on-call responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Flink, stream processing, Kafka Connect.
• Experience building self-service developer platforms.
• Familiarity with data lake architectures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• HelloFresh-subsidized pension scheme
• Savings on weekly HelloFresh box
• Discount schemes with corporate benefits and Vorteile
• Access to mental wellbeing platforms like Headspace and Spill
• 24/7 office gym access
• Discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• Sabbatical leave options
• Standard time off
• Sustainable travel perks and transportation benefits
• Internal training and HelloFresh Academy
• Dedicated budget for German language courses

About the company

HelloFresh uses data to forecast demand, optimize supply chain, and personalize experiences for millions of people.