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Shape the future of energy data at Gorilla, layering impact on the environment with a rewarding career
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Germany - Remote
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Join a groundbreaking firm like Gorilla, a leader in creating the data infrastructure for future energy systems, committed to facilitate organisations in their transition to net-zero. The position of Lead/Staff Data Platform Engineer offers an exciting opportunity to shape the very backbone of our products and clients, with a pronounced emphasis on performance, safety, and scalability.
Role Summary:
- Combine your profound technical skills with the ability to steer initiatives across teams.
- Have a major influence on architecture decisions and standard practices across the engineering unit
- Design, roll out, and develop platform services that optimise team efficiency and ensure secure data handling
Role Requirements:
- Prior experience in the design, creation, and scaling of data platforms
- Strong Python abilities rooted in software engineering principles
- Mastery of AWS services, including Lambda, ECS/EC2, S3, and RDS
- Experience with Terraform and IaC practices
- Familiarity with tools like Airflow, DBT, and data platforms like Snowflake or Databricks
Application Process Details:
- This is a Remote First role—work from one of our offices or from your home
- Must be residing in Belgium, the UK, or Germany
At Gorilla, we're building the data infrastructure that powers energy companies on their journey to net-zero. As a Lead/Staff Data Platform Engineer, you'll play a key role in defining and scaling our data platform to meet the increasing complexity and volume of data-driven use cases in the energy industry.
Your Role
You’ll combine deep hands-on technical expertise with the ability to drive initiatives across teams, shaping the technical foundation that supports our products and customers. You won’t just be building services—you’ll be designing the architecture, improving the developer experience, and guiding our platform strategy with a strong focus on performance, security, and scalability.
You will lead the technical vision and strategy of our internal data platform, influencing architectural decisions and establishing best practices across the engineering organization. You will design, implement, and evolve platform services that enable teams to work with data efficiently and securely, using modern tooling such as Terraform, Docker, and cloud-native patterns.
Job requirements
You will need proven experience designing, building, and scaling data platforms or backend infrastructure in production environments. Strong Python skills, with a solid foundation in software engineering principles. Expertise with AWS services, including Lambda, ECS/EC2, S3 and RDS. Deep experience with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices. Familiarity with tools like Airflow or DBT, and data platforms such as Snowflake or Databricks.
Benefits
We offer country-specific mobility benefits, and the ability to work flexible hours. You will be equipped with the best technology for remote work. At Gorilla, we’re not just watching the world change—we’re making it happen! We provide cutting-edge data services to energy retailers, helping them tackle climate change while keeping the lights on; we’re here to make a big impact and have some fun along the way.
Applications details
This is a Remote First role, giving you the freedom to choose where and how you work: from one of our offices (if you're nearby), from home, or a mix of both. Please note that you must be based in Belgium, the UK, or Germany, as we are not able to consider candidates living in other countries.
