Data Platform Engineer (d/f/m)

Personio's intelligent HR platform helps small and medium-sized organizations unlock the power of people by making complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. Our team of 1,500 Personios is building user-friendly products that delight our 15,000+ customers and their 1.5 million employees. Ready to make an impact from day one?

This role requires 3 days in the office and is based in Berlin, Dublin or Munich.

We’re looking for a Data Platform Engineer (d/f/m) to join our central Data Platform & Engineering team. In this role, you’ll lead the design and scaling of our data infrastructure across AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and Airflow. You’ll make key architectural decisions, build reusable frameworks, and directly shape how teams across Personio discover, trust, and use data.

Role Responsibilities: What You'll Do

As a Data Platform Engineer, you’ll drive platform-wide impact by designing reliable, secure, and cost-efficient foundations for analytics and data products.

• Own end-to-end platform design across ingestion, processing, storage, and access—develop reusable patterns and lead design reviews.

• Build scalable batch and streaming systems , including reusable frameworks, monitoring, alerting, and automated data quality checks.

• Write optimised, maintainable code in Python and SQL , and establish coding standards, best practices, and shared libraries.

• Design and evolve security frameworks , including access controls, encryption, auditing, compliance monitoring, and data classification (GDPR).

• Lead resolution of complex platform issues by designing proactive observability, incident response practices, and failure playbooks.

• Drive cross-team architecture alignment , lead technical discussions with varied audiences, build consensus, and unblock execution.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives with phased planning, risk mitigation, and strong stakeholder management.

• Optimise cost and performance , design cost-efficient architectures and lead optimisation efforts with clear value-to-cost measurement.

Role Requirements: What You Need to Succeed

• 3+ years of experience in a Data Engineering, Data Platform, or similar role.

• Proven ability to design scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient data pipelines and platform components.

• Hands-on experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow (or equivalent).

• Strong programming skills in Python (bonus: Scala or Java) and excellent SQL proficiency.

• Experience with cloud platforms, ideally AWS .

• Strong experience with modern data warehouse/lakehouse technologies such as Snowflake (or Redshift/Databricks).

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CDK ).

• Solid understanding of data security, governance, and compliance topics, including GDPR and data classification.

• Familiarity with databases and big data tools (e.g., Spark ) is a plus.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a strong focus on teamwork and alignment.

Why Personio

Personio is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building an integrative culture where everyone feels welcomed and supported. We embrace uniqueness and understand that our diverse, values-driven culture makes us stronger. We are proud to have an inclusive workplace environment that will foster your development no matter your gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, education level, or race.

At Personio, we value in-person collaboration while also offering flexibility. This role is office-based, with 3 days per week required in your contracted office location. The remaining days can be worked from home or in the office if you prefer. In addition, you’ll have 20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations.

Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:

• Receive a competitive reward package

• Enjoy 28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years

• Make an impact on the environment and society with 1 (fully paid) Impact Day

• Receive generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities

• We enjoy gathering for meals, cultural initiatives, and events like local Summer Sessions and year-end celebrations. There's also healthy snacks, drinks, and a weekly catered lunch