At Klang, we create products that inspire people to deepen their understanding of the emergent nature of society and collectively envision a better future.
At the heart of Klang is SEED, an accessible, persistent world in which players share a history and shape a future. We provide an environment for a broad audience to belong and develop relationships in a society simulation inspired by life itself.
We aspire to bring people together through engaging media experiences and by building strong communities.
It's a super exciting project, but in order for us to achieve a goal like this we are going to need a lot of help! From people just like you.
We’re in search of a Data Engineer (f/m/d) who can play a pivotal role in creating, what we believe, will be the first MMO of its kind.
Who will you be working with?
As a Data engineer you will work in close collaboration with Data Analysts, Platform Engineers, and Game Engineers to create state-of-the-art, reliable and scalable pipelines for processing data from various internal and external sources. We need your expertise to enable us to make more data-informed decisions as a company.
This team works from our Klang HQ in Berlin.
What will you be doing?
- Building, maintaining, and operating batch and streaming pipelines to ingest data into BigQuery from various sources: in-game tracking events, backend services, website analytics, advertising outlets, Discord, etc.
- Implementing automated data testing within our pipelines to address and mitigate data quality issues, ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and trustworthiness of our business-critical KPIs.
- Collaborating closely with Data Analysts to ensure they have the necessary tools and data sets to produce actionable insights.
- Working with Platform Engineers to evolve our data infrastructure practices in line with our broader cloud infrastructure strategy on Google Cloud Platform.
- Partnering with software engineers across the organization to help them adopt best practices for integrating with our data pipelines.
You could be the person we are searching for if you have…
- Experience in building and operating data pipelines in a production environment.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform’s data services, or the willingness to learn based on experience with comparable cloud providers like AWS or Azure.
- Strong SQL skills for querying and transforming large datasets.
- Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks, including experience with tools like dbt or Apache Airflow.
- A good understanding of up-to-date data engineering technologies and best practices.
Bonus points for…
- Professional experience in the game industry.
- Being a fan of large-scale MMOs.
Our benefits…
Klang HQ (Berlin)
- An opportunity to work on a groundbreaking project with a lot of room for professional and personal development
- Competitive salary and 27 days of paid vacation
- 3 months work from abroad policy
- Monthly public transport travel ticket or co-contribution to e-bike/e-moped
- Monthly company co-contributions to private pensions
- Reimbursement for physical health activities
- Employee Assistance Program, including mental health support, legal advice as well as support finding doctor’s appointments
- Mental health support
- Flexible office hours (with core hours)
- Hybrid working set-up (Monday-Wednesday in office and the rest of the week is flexible)
- Monthly team events and activities
- A dog-friendly office, adjustable standing desks, ergonomic chairs, and mobile aircon units for hot summers
- Healthy snacks and drinks in the office
- Virtual Stock Options (VSOP)
If you don’t feel that you quite meet all the requirements above, but the position still excites you and you think you would love to work for Klang, reach out! We still want to hear from you.
We explicitly encourage applications from applicants from groups underrepresented in games/tech spaces. We value all kinds of backgrounds and walks of life.
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What We Do
Klang is an independent game development studio based in Berlin. It was founded by three Icelanders in the spring of 2013.
In July 2015, Klang launched its first project, ReRunners: Race for the World, for iOS and Android devices, which was extremely well-received by both the gaming press and the gaming community.
Now, Klang is working on its next project, Seed, a simulation MMO utilizing SpatialOS technology
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