Data Platform Engineer
About Smallpdf
Smallpdf and PDFtools are industry leaders in digital document solutions, helping millions worldwide streamline their workflow with powerful, easy-to-use tools. We are on a mission to simplify document management and enhance productivity.
As a team of over >110 people from 34 nationalities in our offices in Zurich, Belgrade, and Barcelona, we’re proud to have made PDFs and life a little bit easier for over a billion customers across our web, mobile, and desktop applications. Our reputation for Swiss engineering standards has made us a trusted choice for industry leaders like Lufthansa, UBS, Swiss Life, and millions of people worldwide.
Your mission
We are seeking a senior Data Platform Engineer to work on the foundational components of our data stack. Our platform processes over 100M events per day and powers a large Redshift warehouse that supports everything from company-wide reporting to document analytics and AB testing.
In this role, you’ll build and maintain reliable ingestion pipelines, ensure our Redshift warehouse performs consistently at scale, deliver high-quality data into our dbt transformation layer, and own the systems that expose data back to the business.
You will work closely with experienced data professionals and data-driven stakeholders to gather complex data and turn it into actionable insights.
The ideal candidate is a highly capable engineer with strong experience in Redshift, Kubernetes, Python, and SQL, and who is confident operating and owning critical applications and infrastructure. Experience with systems of similar scale and complexity is a strong plus.
What you will be working on
Maintain healthy operations of our Redshift and Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, which sit at the foundation of our data delivery.
Oversee the ingestion of terabytes of near-real-time events from our products, backend, and third-party systems - the backbone of our reporting, AB testing, and operational monitoring.
Collaborate with technical and non-technical colleagues across the organization to set up and maintain data ingestion and infrastructure for our data applications.
Own the ingestion and infrastructure components that power our data applications (Looker, Growthbook, etc.), ensuring reliability, scalability, and self-serve access for internal teams.
Improve the developer experience in and around dbt by building tooling, templates, and CI workflows.
Enhance monitoring and observability of our data pipelines and data at rest.
Shape the next generation of our data platform by identifying gaps, evaluating new technologies, and building capabilities that enable data science, ML, and experimentation at scale.
Extend our reverse ETL capabilities and bring data products closer to customers. Own and operate hybrid data/backend pipelines that automate business-critical processes (e.g., data-driven updates to external systems such as Google Ads).
Partner with analysts and data scientists to ensure they have reliable, well-modeled data
Who you are
Comfortable taking full ownership across the data platform life cycle, from ingestion and storage to transformation, orchestration, and reliable data delivery.
A systematic problem solver with a quality-first mindset, aiming for clean, reliable, and maintainable solutions whether you're debugging pipelines or designing new systems.
A strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with analysts, product managers, and engineers to build data systems that work seamlessly for everyone.
Curious, pragmatic, and up to date with the latest trends and technologies, particularly in the open-source scene.
Why Smallpdf (Belgrade)
🌍 You get to impact the way over 60 million people get work done every month.
🚀 Push boundaries and dare to fail - that’s how we learn!
💻 Enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work environment, and meet your team occasionally to work together and strengthen the team bond.
🏥 Private health insurance cover on us - one less thing to worry about
👶 1 year maternity leave and 16 weeks paternity leave - 100% of your salary.
🏝️ 30 vacation days - yep, you read that right - that you can take whenever you need them.
🧳 Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over 2 years.
📚 A personal development budget of up to 1,850 EUR every year, plus days off for courses or training.
🤓 Internal knowledge sharing and external coaching options during your working hours to boost both your hard and soft skills.
🥧 Possibility of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). (Conditions apply.)
👩💻 Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.
🍻 We like eating out, game nights, carting, and grabbing a drink by the River Sava - we’re serious about stoni tennis, too!
Compensation philosophy
At Smallpdf, we believe compensation should be fair, transparent, and thoughtfully aligned with the value each person brings to our team. Our approach balances several key factors - current market trends, role expectations, seniority, experience, and geographic location - to ensure every offer is both competitive and equitable.
We review our salary ranges regularly to stay in step with the evolving market, and we make decisions based on skills, impact, and responsibility rather than negotiation strength. Our goal is simple: to recognize and reward great work, support long-term growth, and create a compensation structure that feels fair, consistent, and grounded in integrity.
We want everyone at Smallpdf to feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work - and our compensation philosophy is designed to reflect exactly that.
Hiring policy
Smallpdf is an equal-opportunity employer, and we believe our strength comes from a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds, identities, perspectives, and lived experiences. We welcome applicants of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, orientations, and life paths. You’ll also have the option to share your pronouns and answer an anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply. This information is completely voluntary, but it helps us stay accountable in building an inclusive and equitable hiring process.
We use AI thoughtfully in our day-to-day work, but we value human curiosity, creativity, and integrity above all. We’re excited to meet candidates who bring genuine expertise, real stories, and authentic experience to the table.
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