Data Platform Engineer (f/m/d) for the European AI Factory HammerHAI

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in computer or data science, or other areas of scientific computing, or a Bachelor’s degree with multiple years (>3) of applied data platform development / engineering / deployment experience and/or working with AI data management workflows ideally as senior engineer in research or enterprise environments

Other Requirements

• Proficiency working in data center environments (incl. Linux, Git, Gitlab)
• Willingness to keep up with current developments and to learn new technologies in the field of AI
• Extensive knowledge and experience in developing and working with data platforms including their backend components in the context of AI, HPC and data analytics use cases (preferably piveau, www.piveau.de)
• Extensive knowledge about and practical skills in specifying and implementing FAIR-aligned (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data management workflows
• Knowledge and experience in developing integration layers for connecting data infrastructure with external data platforms, preferably through metadata standards
• Knowledge about and practical skills in secure and compliant data management, including AI models as well as data privacy standards and legislation
• Excellent English and preferably German presentation and writing skills

Additional and Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with dataspaces, ideally within the Common European Data Space initiative
• Knowledge and experience in software deployment and software lifecycle management (ideally based on principles of continuous integration/continuous deployment, CI/CD)
• Basic knowledge and practical skills in software design and engineering
• Basic knowledge and practical skills in IT and cybersecurity for software and software platform development
• Experience with agile development methods

Conditions:

Working time

full time (40 hrs) / part-time possible

flexible working model with electronic time recording

Contract duration

End of Q1/2028, further employment is intended