Data Engineer (Java/Scala)

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GetYourGuide is the place to book the best experiences in destinations across the globe. We are now seeking a full-time Data Engineer for the Core Data Platform at our Berlin office.

Team mission

The Core Data Platform team is at the heart of GetYourGuide’s data landscape, empowering the entire engineering department and enabling data-driven innovation across the company. We architect, build, and operate the foundational data platform that powers everything from AB experimentation and AI-powered use cases to advanced analytics and business intelligence.

Our platform processes over 600 million events daily and manages multiple petabytes of data, while ensuring that the data is accessible, reliable, and efficient to query for all teams. We provide robust, scalable solutions for real-time clickstream ingestion, cost-efficient data lake management, and seamless ETL pipeline development—making it easy for analysts, BI engineers, and developers to work with data at scale.

We work with a modern tech stack, including Apache Airflow, DBT, Databricks, Kafka, and Spark, while fostering a culture of learning and collaboration. Joining our team means tackling complex technical challenges, driving impact across GetYourGuide, and continuously growing your skills in a supportive environment.

Your mission

• Design, build, and evolve our core data and analytics platform, enabling seamless scaling to multiple petabytes of data.
• Optimize and enhance our real-time clickstream data pipelines, collaborating closely with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to unlock new business value.
• Expand and maintain our change data capture (CDC) solutions, ensuring timely and reliable data mirroring to the data lake.
• Ensure system performance, reliability, and stability by proactively monitoring, maintaining, and upgrading our platform to consistently meet or exceed SLOs.
• Safeguard our data lake by keeping it secure, compliant, and cost-effective, while supporting a growing variety of use cases across the company.

Your toolkit

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or Software Engineer, working with large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data platforms or backend systems.
• Strong programming skills in Scala or Java.
• Hands-on experience with big data frameworks such as Apache Spark and backend frameworks like Spring Boot.
• Ability to write efficient, maintainable, and well-tested code, with a focus on scalability and reliability.
• Strong analytical mindset, using data to guide technical decisions and solve complex problems.

What sets you apart:

• Experience with Python to support data engineering workflows.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
• Experience with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
• Hands-on experience building stream-processing systems using Kafka, Spark Streaming, or similar technologies.
• Exposure to data governance, security, and compliance best practices.

How we’ll make your career journey extraordinary

• Annual personal growth budget and mentorship programs for continuous learning and development
• Work from anywhere in the world for 40 days per year
• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance
• Opportunities to collaborate and socialize with team members through quarterly team events and yearly company-wide events
• Monthly transportation and fitness budget
• Discounts for you, your friends, and family on GetYourGuide activities
• Language reimbursement program
• Health and wellness benefits

And more…

How to apply

Submit your CV/resume in English using the form below. For tips and insights into our hiring process and culture, check out ‘how we hire’ and ‘life at GetYourGuide’. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at jobs@getyourguide.com.

We’re an equal opportunities employer

Our commitment is that every qualified person will be evaluated according to their skills, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. Please refrain from including your picture and age with your application.