Data Engineer (f/m/d)

About the position

Summary

You would work alongside our Platform Engineers and Backend Engineers on providing a state-of-the-art, reliable and scalable platform for the other teams to build on. We need your expertise to enable us to make more data-informed decisions as a company!

What you will do

• Building, maintaining, and operating batch and streaming pipelines to ingest data into BigQuery from various sources: in-game tracking events, backend services, website analytics, advertising outlets, Discord servers, etc.
• Ensuring that the data we collect is valid, up-to-date, and available.
• Working closely with Data Analysts to make sure they have the necessary tools and data sets in place to produce valuable insights.
• Collaborating with Platform Engineers on establishing and evolving our data infrastructure practices in line with our broader cloud infrastructure strategy.
• Cooperate with software engineers across the organization to help them adopt best practices for integrating with our data pipelines.

Who we think will be a great fit

• Experience in building and operating data pipelines in a production environment.
• Knowledge with Google Cloud Platform’s data services or the willingness to learn based on experience with comparable cloud providers (AWS, Azure).
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Skilled in using Python for data engineering tasks, e.g. Apache Beam, dbt, Apache Airflow, etc.
• Up-to-date knowledge of data engineering technologies and practices.

Bonus

• Being a fan of large-scale MMOs.

Benefits

• An opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project from its inception with a lot of room for professional and personal development
• Competitive salary and 27 days of paid vacation
• Monthly public transport travel reimbursement
• Monthly company co-contributions to private pensions
• Reimbursement for physical health activities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Mental health support
• Flexible office hours (with core hours)
• Our own cafeteria serving free lunches daily - once we are back at the office
• Monthly team events and activities
• A dog-friendly office, adjustable standing desks, ergonomic chairs and mobile aircon units for hot summers
• Healthy snacks and drinks in the office

About us

At Klang, we create products that inspire people to deepen their understanding of the emergent nature of society and collectively envision a better future.

At the heart of Klang is SEED an accessible, persistent world in which players share a history and shape a future. We provide an environment for a broad audience to belong and develop relationships in a society simulation inspired by life itself.

We explicitly encourage applications from applicants from groups underrepresented in games/tech spaces. We value all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life.