Data Ops Engineer – Data Architecture & Modelling (m/f/d)

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.

Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.

We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.

Are you ready to join us?

Your Job

• You will work in the Product division’s Data Architecture & Modelling team that currently develops the future data architecture underlying the Statista platform content and related data processing operations.

• You will develop & monitor databases, the pipelines feeding into them and to the platform, as well as integrate them with a nascent data architecture.

• You will also maintain the related infrastructure we need to support our operations both on premises and in the cloud (e.g. set up and configure database and Docker servers or AWS instances and services).

• You will closely collaborate with other Data Operations teams as well as the analyst and research teams to support the division with efficient data pipeline and storage solutions to raise the overall effectiveness and efficiency of our processes. You will also collaborate with the Tech division that currently revamps the entire platform product to deliver all the data our customers want in the formats they need it.

Your Skills

• You have successfully completed studies in the fields of computer science, data science, economics, mathematics, or a related field. We are open to applications from motivated lateral entrants as well.

• You have a good or very good knowledge of and SQL. Some prior experience with Polars, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Airflow, FastAPI, Streamlit, or Dash are nice to have, as is experience with Github, AWS, and Docker, AI and Machine Learning.

• More importantly, you have a pioneering spirit to try and implement novel technologies and processes, that you like to dig into new topics and learn as you approach new projects. Ideally, you are always on the lookout for novel developments and like to drive the adoption of innovative technologies in our organization.

• You have strong problem-solving skills and show strong ownership of topics and push projects independently. Particularly, you like to analyze and improve processes and engage with internal stakeholders to get an understanding of users’ needs and can independently diagnose process improvement potential and proactively suggest solutions.

• You have the ability to describe complicated issues concisely and understandably, can efficiently communicate in writing and in person with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and possess excellent spoken and written English skills.

Your Team

The Product Division is responsible for our platform products. From statistics and reports to consumer and industry insights – we create exclusive digital content from the world's most significant sources, our own primary data, and in-house AI-powered data tools. Over 400 experts, including researchers, analysts, product managers and data engineers, all work together to provide our customers with one integrated product experience – empowering people with reliable data to make fact-based decisions: https://www.statista.com/

What we offer

In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from:

• Work from abroad 10 days a year (up to 30 if your family lives abroad)

• Hybrid work and flex-time

• International team and social events

• Career & training opportunities

• Attractive locations and modern offices

• Mental health support by Fürstenberg Institute

Some of the benefits listed here apply only to the German entity and to Junior-level roles or above.