Data Engineer – AI‑Ready Data Platform

About the role

As a member of the Platform tribe, you will help build a self‑service, AI‑ready Data Platform that powers SumUp’s data, AI and real‑time analytics initiatives. You will work with a global data community to deliver scalable, reliable infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain best‑in‑class data infrastructure for critical processes.
• Develop self‑service features for ETL and orchestration.
• Optimise compute usage to reduce cost and improve performance.
• Automate operations to ensure high availability of the platform.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of new data services.

Required profile

• Hands‑on experience with infrastructure‑as‑code and containerisation (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with modern query engines such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery or Trino.
• Experience using data orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster.
• Proficiency in at least one core language: Python or Go.
• Pragmatic, team‑first mindset and ability to work independently while balancing stakeholder needs.

Required skills

• Terraform
• Helm
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• BigQuery
• Trino
• Airflow
• Dagster
• Python
• Go