Babbel is the world’s first and most sold online language learning platform, driven by the purpose to create mutual understanding through language. This means building an ecosystem of language learning offerings that helps people connect across cultures. Babbel, Babbel Live and Babbel for Business provide users with the most effective solution to be able to communicate with real people, in real situations.  Babbel’s team consists of 750 Babbelonians representing over 65 different nationalities working in Berlin and New York.

For more information, visit www.babbel.comor download the apps in the App Store or Play Store.

We are looking for a Junior Data Engineer (full-time) to join our Data Engineering team in Berlin. 

As a member of our Data Platform team, your mission at Babbel will be to change the face of language learning one automation at a time. Working alongside your teammates in a fast-paced environment, you'll be collaborating and diving into different areas such as Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Site Reliability, InfoSec and many more to change the data landscape.

You will:

• Secure our precious data and the infrastructure it relies on
• Keep the data moving towards where is actually needed (streaming and batch) with well-tested and performant solutions
• Automate them all!
• Monitoring and alerting (might sound boring, but… refer to the point above)
• Participate in our knowledge sharing sessions (we're a learning company after all!)

You have:

• Strong experience using Python 3 latest developments for scripting and OOP
• Knowledge of cloud architecture concepts and design patterns
• Familiarity with concepts related to software development processes and best practices (continuous integration, continuous development, testing, monitoring, etc)
• A general understanding of structured/unstructured data and SQL/NoSQL databases
• Motivation and enthusiasm to learn by doing without being afraid to make mistakes or ask questions
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Nice to have: 

• Have previous experience in a Data Engineering position
• Know your way around AWS
• Have ever worked with Spark
• Are familiar with CI/CD tools such as Github Actions
• Used tools such as Git, Terraform, Jira, etc

Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:

• Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling
• Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms
• Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes
• Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership
• Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events

Diversity at Babbel

As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.

Sounds good? We are already looking forward to hearing from you! Check out also our jobs page, our blog andour techblogto get an impression about #lifeatbabbel!