{"id":21131,"date":"2026-06-09T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gini.net\/data-platform-engineer-m-f-d\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T09:24:57","slug":"data-platform-engineer-m-f-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/data-platform-engineer-m-f-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Platform Engineer (m\/f\/d)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1140px + 24px );margin-left: calc(-24px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-24px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:12px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:12px;--awb-width-medium:16.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:12px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:12px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:12px;--awb-spacing-left-small:12px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" title=\"JobAvatar7_2x\" src=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/JobAvatar7_2x.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/JobAvatar7_2x.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-4148\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27226%27%20height%3D%27226%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20226%20226%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27226%27%20height%3D%27226%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/JobAvatar7_2x-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/JobAvatar7_2x.png 226w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:83.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:12px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:12px;--awb-width-medium:83.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:12px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:12px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:12px;--awb-spacing-left-small:12px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:48;line-height:1.08;\">Data Platform Engineer (m\/f\/d)<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Security &amp; Compliance<br \/>Munich, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\" data-fontsize=\"48\" data-lineheight=\"51.84px\">Who we are - the Gini Community<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Founded in 2011 Gini is a well-established award-winning FinTech company disrupting the banking, e-commerce, and insurance sector. Our most well-known product is our Gini photo payment software assistant, which is integrated into over 90% of German banking apps. With this and other products, we aim to improve everyone's quality of life by simplifying tedious tasks through automation. What\u2019s special about us: We place a high value on autonomy, which we integrate into our daily work life with flat hierarchies. We have four core values that are essential to our collaboration at Gini: Excellence, Opportunities rather than Risks, Love, and Commitment &amp; Responsibility. You can find more details about our values and the way we work together at Gini in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/downloads\/the-gini-way-handbook.pdf\">handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We are very proud to have received several awards in recent years, including \"Top Employer 2020\" from Focus, \"Financial Product of the Year 2022,\" and \"Top Company\" from kununu for 2023, 2024, and 2025.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At Gini, infrastructure is not a support function \u2014 it\u2019s a product. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a Data Platform Engineer, you build and operate the data foundation that powers our services. You ensure that our databases and data stores are <\/span><b>reliable, secure, scalable, and performant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 forming a critical part of our platform running on bare-metal Kubernetes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You work at the intersection of infrastructure solutions, distributed data systems, and developer experience. You take ownership of our data platform, continuously improve it, and collaborate closely with developers to make working with data seamless, safe, and efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"40px\">Your playing field at Gini<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Own and operate data platform components:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You take responsibility for our databases and data stores \u2014 from provisioning and operation to continuous improvement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Ensure reliability and high availability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You design, operate, and optimize <\/span>highly available database systems running on bare-metal Kubernetes.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Drive security and standardization:<\/strong> You define and enforce security best practices<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, hardening strategies, and standardized configurations across all data systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Optimize performance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You continuously analyze and improve <\/span>query performance, storage efficiency, and system throughput<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Automate data operations:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You eliminate manual work by building automation around provisioning, scaling, backups, failover, and maintenance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Collaborate closely with developers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You support product teams in designing efficient data access patterns, debugging issues, and improving overall data usage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Contribute to incident response and stability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You diagnose and resolve production issues related to data systems, and you implement improvements to prevent recurrence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Continuously evolve the data platform:<\/b><span> You evaluate new technologies, improve existing systems, and help shape the long-term data platform strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"40px\">Skills to be successful<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have experience in operating, maintaining and providing databases and data stores such as PostgreSQL, Kafka, RabbitMQ, NoSQL databases, or other distributed data systems. Preferably on bare-metal Kubernetes, using infrastructure-as-code patterns and GitOps-based automation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have a solid understanding of high availability, replication, backup strategies, disaster recovery, and operating reliable production-grade data platforms. You continuously seek for opportunities to improve operational efficiency<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You have development experience in Java and\/or Golang and are proficient in at least one programming or scripting language, preferably Go for internal tooling and automation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You understand storage systems and concepts, performance tuning, query optimization, and the operational challenges of distributed data platforms at scale<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You bring a security-by-default mindset and are familiar with security best practices for data systems, including access control, encryption, hardening, reliability, and resilience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You approach problems analytically, can troubleshoot complex distributed systems, take ownership of services, and proactively drive improvements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You collaborate effectively with developers, understand their needs when working with data, and communicate technical trade-offs clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You communicate effectively in English across technical and non-technical audiences<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why you\u2019ll love working in our team<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Bare-metal over (boring) public cloud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 deep technical challenges instead of managed black boxes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Real ownership<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 you build, run, and improve what you operate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Infrastructure as a product<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 your work directly impacts developer productivity and system performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Strong engineering culture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2014 collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement are part of daily work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Passion for technology<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is part of the team\u2019s DNA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"40px\">Your perks<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Flexible working:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mobile working within Germany or from our bright Munich office with two roof terraces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Workation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Working from abroad? No problem \u2013 workation within the EU, the UK, and Switzerland is possible<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Flexible working hours:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Shape your workday in a way that fits your rhythm best<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Growth &amp; development:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u20ac2,500 net annual learning budget, plus 5 additional days off for your personal development and a monthly learning day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Vacation &amp; Sabbatical:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 30 days of paid vacation and the opportunity to take a sabbatical<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Financial extras:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u20ac50 net per month on top of your salary <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u20ac50 Wellpass subsidy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Food:<\/b> <b>\u20ac3 meal allowance per working day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in our high-quality employee restaurant<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Team &amp; culture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Regular team and company events and an open, feedback-driven culture with real team spirit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Mobility:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Free underground parking and JobRad leasing with attractive tax benefits\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Equipment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> State-of-the-art Apple devices and ergonomic office equipment for productive work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Lots of different team events: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we know how important team cohesion is, so we regularly organize team and company-wide events and activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Shared feedback culture with purpose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: a feedback-driven culture full of purpose and community. Click on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kununu.com\/de\/gini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">kununu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/Overview\/Working-at-Gini-EI_IE1419742.11,15.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glassdoor <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to find out what our employees and candidates are saying about Gini<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sounds like the right challenge for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Then get in touch with us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:4%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type button-colored\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/gini.jobs.personio.de\/job\/2659326?language=de&amp;apply\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Apply now<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:4%;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 24px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 24px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-24px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-24px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:12px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:12px;--awb-width-medium:16.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:12px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:12px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:12px;--awb-spacing-left-small:12px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Julia Partusch\" title=\"julia-partusch\" src=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-partusch.webp\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-partusch.webp\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-12865\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20450%20450%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-partusch-200x200.webp 200w, https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-partusch-400x400.webp 400w, https:\/\/gini.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-partusch.webp 450w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:12px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:12px;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:12px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:12px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:12px;--awb-spacing-left-small:12px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Julia Partusch-Asik<br \/>HR Manager &amp; Dog lover<br \/><a href=\"mailto:julia.partusch@gini.net\">julia.partusch@gini.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21134,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21131\/revisions\/21134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gini.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}