Data Engineer

Location: We are flexible! Come and join us in Hamburg, Berlin, Barcelona or Athens.

FREENOW empowers smarter mobility decisions helping people to move freely and cities to thrive. Be ready to work in a multinational, diverse, highly motivated and collaborative team of passionate developers who strive for excellence and like to have fun. Are you passionate about data engineering and ready to revolutionize how data is managed and utilized within an organization? We are looking for a skilled and innovative Data Engineer to join our dynamic team and help us implement a cutting‑edge Data Mesh architecture.

At FREENOW we believe in data driven decisions that drive our business forward. We are currently transitioning into a data mesh architecture to establish a very close collaboration between data engineers, data analysts, data scientists and machine learning engineers.

Your Daily Adventures Will Include

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including data analysts, data scientists, and software engineers to understand data requirements and design optimal data solutions in the Data Mesh environment.
• Develop, implement, and maintain scalable data products that enable the seamless flow of data from various sources to the Data Mesh architecture.
• Create and manage data models that cater to the specific needs of data consumers while adhering to data governance and security standards.
• Design and build data quality monitoring frameworks to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices in Data Engineering and Data Mesh to continuously improve data pipelines and processes.
• Build high‑performance APIs to access and query data from data warehouse.
• Perform data analysis required to troubleshoot data related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues.
• Coordinate and oversee the successful delivery of complex data engineering projects, ensuring alignment with timelines, objectives and stakeholders.

Our Techstack: Airflow | Databricks | Trino | Spark | Kafka | AWS

To Be Successful In This Role

• Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language and a willingness to learn more; our core languages are Scala and Python.
• Expert level of SQL (especially SparkSQL) and data‑warehouse concepts, Database. Experience building data pipelines is a core requirement.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, Lambda, AWS S3, AWS CloudWatch, etc.
• Experience with AWS, Hive, Spark, Trino, Databricks is helpful.
• Enjoy working with stream processing frameworks such as Spark Structured Streaming and Kafka Streams.
• Understand requirements beyond the written word. Whether you’re working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by many customers, your attention to detail leads to a delightful user experience.
• Fluent proficiency in Business English.
• Exceptional analytical skills, lateral thinking and experience in solving challenging problems. Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau, Metabase) is a plus.

Benefits & Perks in a Nutshell

• Flexible working arrangements
• LinkedIn Learning
• Sabbatical & special leave policies
• WeRoad partnership
• Birthday, 24th & 31st December off
• Short‑term EU work policy
• Mobility Credit
• Health insurance
• Employee assistance programme

Plus more local benefits depending on your work location.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

FREENOW is an equal‑opportunity employer and we consider qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. We want you to grow and evolve, bring your true self to work.