Data Engineer, Babbel
Platform
Subscription-based language learning software
Open for applications
Subscription-based language learning software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create mutual understanding through language.
Role
Who you are
- Good programming skills in Python and PySpark and want to raise the bar for our codebase
- Confidence in working with AWS services and cloud architectures
- Experience implementing ETL/streaming pipelines and/or managing data lakehouses (like Databricks) and warehouses (like Snowflake)
- Familiarity with Terraform and Github Actions
- Been there, done that, at testing, logging, monitoring and alerting (better yet if you still love it!)
- Fluency in written and spoken English
Desirable
- Scheduled complex data flows with Airflow or DBT
- Been keen on evangelizing the DevOps mindset across your workplace
- Showed interest in Machine Learning / have experience building ML-driven or algorithmic data products
What the job involves
- As our newest Data Engineer in Data Platform team, your mission at Babbel will be to change the face of language learning one automation at a time
- Working alongside your teammates in a fast-paced environment, you'll be collaborating and diving into different areas such as Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Site Reliability, InfoSec and many more to deliver innovations right on our Babbel learners hands
- Shape our data platform
- Secure our precious data and the infrastructure it relies upon
- Keep the data moving towards where is actually needed (streaming and batch) with well-tested and performant solutions
- Automate them all!
- Monitoring and alerting (might be boring, but… refer to the previous point)
- Participate in our knowledge sharing sessions (we're a learning company after all!)
Our take
Babbel is one of the leading lights in the language eLearning sector. Its premium subscription-based online learning resources cover over a dozen predominantly European languages, at all proficiency levels. They include interactive lessons and podcasts - all developed and delivered by professional educators and linguists.
Learning languages online has become big business in recent years, and this has led to a surge of VC investment in the sector. This diversified the field of competition, tripling revenue for smaller rivals like Busuu and driving up engagement on online tutoring sites. It has ramped up pressure on incumbents like Babbel, and its better established (but pricier) competitor Rosetta Stone, to diversify their offerings.
To get there, Babbel has taken a smart cue from live tutoring sites like Preply, which also saw a surge in engagement over recent years. In recent years, Babbel has launched its own live tuition offering, and additional B2B services, demonstrating a savvy use of its leading position and strong resources to keep a tight grip on its substantial market share.
Kirsty
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2015
$22m
SERIES C
Mar 2013
$10m
SERIES B
Total funding: $33.3m
Company benefits
- 30 vacation days and flexible working hours
- BVG card or Swapfiets bike
- Jobbatical and Sabbatical options
- Many internal & external learning opportunities to choose from
- A yearly Learning & Development budget
- Visa and relocation assistance
- Full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes
- Modern office in the heart of buzzing Berlin equipped with a family, music, faith and nap room
- Various internal communities to be part of including the Femgineers, DEI Ambassadors, Accessibility & Disability Group and more
Company values
- A learning company inside and out
- What matters to our learners, matters to us
- We make the complicated simple
- We love what we do
- Diversity makes us stronger
- We are bold and humble
Company HQ
Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
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Leadership
Thomas Holl
(MD)Previously a Software Developer with Native Instruments, who then worked as an Accenture Consultant.
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