Meet DeepL

DeepL is a global communications platform powered by Language AI. Since 2017, we’ve been on a mission to break down language barriers. Our human-sounding translations and intelligent writing suggestions are designed with enterprise security in mind. Today, they enable over 100,000 businesses to transform communications, reach new markets, and improve productivity. And, empower millions of individuals worldwide to make sense of the world and express their ideas.

Our goal is to become the global leader in Language AI, building products that drive better communication, foster connections, and make a real-life impact. To achieve this, we need talented individuals like you to join our exciting journey. If you're ready to work with a dynamic team and build your career in the fast-moving AI space, DeepL is your next destination.

What sets us apart

What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive. When we share what it's like to work at DeepL, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. This may be because of our products that have helped countless people worldwide or our shared mission to improve communication for individuals and businesses, bringing cultures closer together. What we know for sure is this: being part of DeepL means joining a team dedicated to innovation and employee well-being. Discover what our teams have to say about life at DeepL on LinkedIn, Instagram and our Blog.

Your responsibilities

• Data pipeline development: design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines and architecture in both our on-prem and cloud environments. Build the next generation of DeepL's data products while contributing to the maintenance and migration of our legacy assets.

• Data modeling: Develop and optimize data models to support analytics and reporting needs, ensuring data quality, consistency and integrity.

• Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, product analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions.

• Performance optimization: Monitor and enhance the performance of data systems, ensuring low latency and high reliability.

• Data quality: Act as an owner for the quality and availability of our data. Apply data governance frameworks and champion data contracts to guarantee confidence in our analytics datasets.

• Documentation & best practices: Maintain comprehensive documentation and promote best practices in data engineering and analytics.

• Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

Qualities we look for

• Experience: 5+ years in data or analytics engineering roles, with a focus on cloud data platforms.

• Data Modeling: Expertise in designing and implementing data models for analytics.

• SQL: Advanced proficiency in writing complex queries and optimizing performance.

• Python: Experience in data manipulation and scripting.

• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses like Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery. Experience with an on prem data warehouse such as Clickhouse is valuable.

• Experience utilising data orchestration and transformation tools like dbt, Airflow, or similar

• Understands best practice for querying OLAP, click stream, real time event processing databases.

• Product mindset: Able to work directly with business stakeholders to translate analytics needs into user-friendly, highly-performant data products.

• Troubleshooter: Experience diagnosing and resolving data issues and outages. Prepared to participate in on-call rotations, perform post-mortems, and proactively recommend improvements for engineering excellence.

• Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving abilities, strong communication skills, and a collaborative mindset.

We are an equal opportunity employer

You are welcome at DeepL for who you are—we appreciate authenticity here. Our product is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all succeed, contribute, and think forward! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our diversity that we will find the power to break down language barriers in the world.