At Storytel we believe that powerful stories add an extra dimension to life. 

Storytel is one of the world’s leading audiobook and ebook streaming services and we offer unlimited listening to consumers in 25+ markets. Our vision is to make the world a more empathetic place with great stories to be shared and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere, anytime. 

About the Team 

The Data Engineering team is responsible for delivering data and insights to the entire Storytel organization. We drive the full data lifecycle, from ingestion to delivery, and help ensure that the rest of the business has the data, tools and engineering collaboration needed to help them make informed data-driven decisions. As a team, we provide cross-functional competencies in data engineering as well as analytics engineering to the rest of Storytel. 

Some of the tech stack and tools we work with are dbt (SQL), Looker, BigQuery, Python, Airflow, Terraform, CI/CD, GCP, Dataflow and other products included within the Google Cloud Platform. Moreover, we like to keep our skills up to date by frequently engaging in hackathons and lab days. 

About the Role 

As a Data Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with plenty of opportunities to experiment with new technologies and solutions. Our team is highly collaborative and works closely with both the engineering organization and the business. We are agile in our approach to technology and always seek to improve and innovate within our platform and ways of working. 

What you will do

• Contribute to building a large-scale, highly performant self-service data platform using cutting-edge technologies 
• Design and build data pipelines to extract, transform and load data from a variety of data sources including databases and APIs 
• Maintain and optimize existing data pipelines and troubleshoot any issues that arise
• Drive internal tooling and process development to continuously increase data quality and constantly improve the engineering experience of our users Implement effective data governance across the business 
• Collaborate with other engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and decision-makers to tackle data challenges and gain novel insights 

About You 

• A few years of experience working as a Data Engineer or Software Engineer, with hands-on coding experience preferably in Python/Scala and SQL. 
• Proven understanding about data modeling, data access, data storage and optimization techniques 
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP) and cloud data warehousing, preferably BigQuery or equivalent. 
• Experience with designing and developing pipelines and data integration solutions using ELT tools such as dbt™ 
• You have strong communication skills to partner with stakeholders effectively 
• You have an innovative mindset and are always striving for improvements, making sure that each workday is value driven, collaborative and rewarding. 
• You embrace knowledge sharing and have an eagerness to continuously learn and develop yourself 

Bonus if you have: 

• Experience with streaming data ingestion 
• Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes 
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code 

What we offer 

At Storytel we trust our employees and believe in their autonomy. We offer flexible working hours, remote working possibilities when possible and flexible public holidays for people to celebrate what they truly believe in. 

Storytel’s culture encourages self-leadership, innovation, collaboration – and our employees share a common passion for high-quality content and stories. There is a strong emphasis on continuous development, learning through experimentation and actively sharing feedback to constantly improve performance. Storytel offers a friendly, entrepreneurial and fast-moving work environment where new ideas and creativity are welcomed. We like doing things in new ways and questioning old methods. 

The Storytel culture - characterized by being welcoming and helpful - is important to us. We don’t believe in hierarchy and micromanagement; we highly believe in giving responsibility and having people grow alongside it. And of course - you get unlimited listening to audio and ebooks from our service! 

Does this sound like you? If you feel like Storytel is a place where you could thrive, please submit your application in English and we will contact you as soon as possible.