Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

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?

Your Job

• Take responsibility for designing and maintaining backend services in Kotlin, Java, and Python to support user data flows.

• Build and optimize event-driven pipelines that connect internal systems with the Customer Data Platform (CDP) and downstream marketing channels.

• Implement reliable processes for collecting, transforming, and activating user data, ensuring accuracy and timeliness for campaigns and analytics.

• Collaborate with marketing, data, and product teams to align data integrations with business and campaign goals.

• Ensure scalability, reliability, and observability of data pipelines through monitoring, logging, and proactive improvements.

• Apply best practices across the software development lifecycle, including design, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and maintenance.

Your Skills

• Good knowledge of Java, Kotlin, and Python

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience as a software engineer

• Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases

• Experience with cloud systems (preferably AWS)

• Familiarity with big data processing, event-driven architectures, and pipeline monitoring

• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team

• (Nice to have) Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDP) or marketing technology

Your Team

At Statista Tech, our mission is to to harness the possibilities of modern technology to bring Statista’s data assets to the fingertips of our customers around the globe as conveniently and reliably as possible. Internally, we provide a productive digital workplace environment at Statista globally

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 (up to 30 if your family lives abroad)

• Hybrid work and flex-time

• International team and social events

• Free access to Perplexity Enterprise and all its amazing functionalities

• Career & training opportunities

• Attractive locations and modern offices

• Mental health support with OpenUp

Some of the benefits listed here apply only to the German entity and to Junior-level roles or above.