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?
Tasks - Be a part of an agile, experienced cross-functional team that owns the search system end-to-end - You experiment with, improve our Search algorithm, and optimize our OpenSearch cluster on AWS - You design and implement the backend services that make up our search application using technologies such as Rust, Typescript, Python, Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK) and AWS cloud services. - You write tests and contribute to further automating our CI/CD pipeline - You are empathetic to users and care about user feedback and usage data - You keep up to date with the latest trends in Search, ML, and Backend development - You become a great mentor and help your colleagues to grow - You work with Kanban or Scrum and constantly strive to improve our way of working - You are ready to laugh. Daily. Multiple times.
Requirements - Experience with building search engines using OpenSearch, Elasticsearch or similar technologies - Solid experience as a Software Engineer with experience in implementing scalable services using, ideally using languages like Rust, Go, JVM-based languages, or TypeScript - Experience with working in a hypothesis-driven environment, e.g., A/B tests, focus on customer metrics, staged releases - Experience with AWS or other Cloud providers, ideally, Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, Event Bridge, SQS, SNS, OpenSearch and experience with CDK and SDK - You strive to build testable, predictable, and simple code - Experience in Docker, Git, and CI/CD - Proficient English language skills - A positive mindset and the social skills to work in an international and distributed setup, and desire to learn from customer feedback.
The team
We help users of our platform to find and leverage the insights they are looking for. It is a perfect moment to join our team and help shape Statista's search system. We are currently reimagining our search experience from UI/UX to algorithms and data processing. On the way, we leverage state-of-the-art technology, will experiment a lot and will celebrate both successful A/B tests and those which were not successful. If we learn something, then that’s great! There is a lot that we still need to develop and luckily, we have a lot of freedom and support to do so. This position can be on-site, hybrid, or remote. Our team works remotely most of the time, but we meet occasionally for workshops, hackathons, and having a good time in Hamburg.
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 - 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.
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