Remote Data Platform Engineer: Scale Redshift & Pipelines

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.

We are seeking an expert 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.

• 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

• 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.

Becoming part of our team means more than just taking a job - it’s joining a dynamic, collaborative environment where your voice matters, your growth is championed, and your work truly makes a difference.

Here, we don’t just talk about a growth mindset - we live it. You’ll thrive in a culture that balances professional ambition with personal well-being, where flexibility, creativity, and purpose come together. Whether you're shaping the future through groundbreaking projects or leveling up your skills, your journey here…