Senior Data Engineer - Operations Tools (m/f/d)

Please note that this position is based in Berlin, Germany - relocation support is provided if required. 

LIGHTHOUSE FOR TALENT 

At Trade Republic, we are on a mission to empower everyone to create wealth with easy, safe and free access to the financial system. With over four million customers we are the largest savings platforms in Europe, with users holding over €35 billion on our platform.

We are seen as the go-to-destination for top talent from across the globe. Everyday we strive to make Trade Republic a great environment to do the best work of your life, surrounded by exceptional, caring and passionate colleagues. In addition to learning and growing with a world-class team, you will build a destination for millions of people across Europe to create wealth.

ABOUT THE TEAM

To support Trade Republic’s mission, we - the Operations Tech team is at the forefront of keeping our growth scalable through the development of solutions and tools to increase productivity in operations. We are a mix of skills and cultures, with Data Scientists, Engineers of all specialties, and Product Managers, all working together with one goal: deliver efficient, personal customer experiences at scale!

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining data infrastructure for our AI based products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements, develop scalable solutions, and ensure data integrity and reliability. Join us in shaping our roadmaps, scoping projects, overcoming challenges, and advocating for best practices within the team.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Work with product managers and engineers to identify areas and use cases where machine learning adds significant value over traditional methods.
• Building and running production grade ML infrastructure and evolving it with our product.
• Building robust systems that can efficiently handle the computational and data storage demands of state-of-the-art language models.
• Developing mechanisms for model serving that ensure low latency and high throughput in live environments.
• Proactively taking responsibility for the long-term code quality and participating in setting standards for machine learning within the company.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and best practices in data engineering, ML Ops/ Dat engineering and contribute to the continuous improvement of our data infrastructure.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Proven experience in designing and building systems for machine learning; experience with working with language models and NLP applications is a bonus!
• You're proficient in system design, can reason about scaling strategies together trade-off such as availability vs consistency, latency vs throughput.
• You love solving challenging problems. We value your ability to tackle complex engineering issues over specific tools, language, or framework knowledge. 
• Your experience spans a variety of tools and data processing paradigms, including transactional data, event streams, and batch processing.
• You have strong Python skills and experience with deep learning frameworks such as Tensorflow & PyTorch
• You enjoy hands-on work with infrastructure. You have hands-on experience with version control & CI/CD tools like Git, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, etc. Our services are deployed across distributed systems in the cloud, and we manage our infrastructure using code. 
• You have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• You're a self-starter who thrives under a high level of autonomy.

WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY NOW 

At Trade Republic you will get to do the best work of your career. We are a destination for people who are exceptional at what they do. Every day, we strive to build a world-class team and provide the space for people to do their best. We have a relentless ambition of raising the bar and expect the best from ourselves. Through our dedicated people-first management approach and transparent career paths, you will have the opportunity to develop and grow your career like never before. And because you are surrounded by a diverse team of high performers, you will be learning every day.

You will play an important role in fixing one of the largest challenges we face - closing the pension gap and democratizing wealth. Trade Republic is a place where your job, your career and your passions intersect. If this gets you fired up, just like it does for all of us at Trade Republic, then reach out!