Data Engineer (mfd) – Digital R&D – Including Salary Details

We are Covestro. We are curious. We are courageous. We are colorful. We refine chemical material solutions with game-changing products. Let us empower you to push boundaries. Join us and our 18.000 colleagues now and together we will make the world a brighter place.

Do you want to do more than just manage data and create real value for science At Covestro data engineering meets cutting-edge research. As a Data Engineer (m/f/d) in our Digital R&D team youll be part of a growing international team driving the digitalization of chemical research and development from lab automation and data science to high-performance computing and quantum computing.

Were currently building our Data Office: a new team with deep expertise in R&D processes and the data they generate. This is where you come in.

In addition to our wide range of benefits a full-time position offers an attractive starting salary between 89400/year and 108500/year plus a variable component. The starting salary is based on your qualifications and professional experience.

What youll be doing:

• You take ownership of designing and implementing data integration and data management solutions with a focus on research & development product management and sustainability
• Project requirements are analyzed independently identifying relevant data sources and appropriate tools for data provisioning
• You develop and operate data pipelines for integration transformation and quality assurance of production data with scalability and maintainability in mind
• Data models are designed purposefully for various analytical use cases and you maintain a company-wide data mesh catalog
• You build and operate CI/CD pipelines for automated testing deployments and infrastructure provisioning
• In close collaboration with cloud architects and platform teams you actively shape the automation monitoring and observability of data solutions
• You contribute actively to data governance initiatives covering metadata management data lineage and access control

What you bring to the table:

• You hold a degree in mathematics computer science natural sciences or engineering (STEM) or a comparable qualification with relevant hands-on experience
• Additionally you have solid professional experience in data engineering ideally in a scientific or industrial environment
• Python is your primary programming language and you apply it confidently in data pipeline contexts
• SQL analytical query engines (e.g. AWS Athena) and distributed data processing with PySpark are part of your technical toolkit
• You have hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services in particular S3 Glue Athena Lambda ECS Step Functions Lake Formation and CDK
• dbt (Data Build Tool) or comparable transformation frameworks are familiar to you as is Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK CloudFormation)
• CI/CD workflows with GitHub Actions and Git-based development processes are second nature to you as is containerization with Docker ECR and ECS Fargate
• Strong English skills both written and spoken round off your profile

Nice to have but not a must:

• Experience with single-node data processing frameworks such as Polars or DuckDB
• Knowledge of Lakehouse architectures (Apache Iceberg Delta Lake) and data mesh concepts
• Experience with data visualization (Streamlit SAP Analytics Cloud)
• Familiarity with data governance tools such as OpenMetadata OpenLineage or DataZone
• Experience with monitoring and observability (Grafana CloudWatch)
• Knowledge of workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow AWS Step Functions)
• Familiarity with modern Python tooling and package management (uv ruff AWS CodeArtifact)

This position is generally intended as a full-time role. Prefer part-time Feel free to apply and simply indicate your preferred percentage.

For initial questions please contact Chris Rziha (). Please do not use this email address to send your application or CV. To apply please click the Apply button. Applications submitted by email will not be considered.

Perfection Not required!

The requirements are not met 100% but you are still interested in the position Are you curious courageous and colorful as we are No problem!

Well tackle this together - as a team! With proper onboarding and tailored development opportunities.

Apply now!

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Anyone who wants to contribute to a better world with Covestro can also expect a lot.

We want you to feel at home at Covestro. To feel youre treated fairly and transparently. That means financial security a healthy work-life balance and generous benefits.

Specifically it means for us: flexible working hours the compatibility of family and work active health promotion and the ability to convert part of your salary into long-term or retirement savings. And thats not all.

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Covestro welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of racial or ethnic origin skin color nationality religion philosophy gender age physical characteristics marital status disability appearance sexual orientation and sexual identity. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.