Remote Senior Data Engineer (AI/ML) (m/f/d)

About RoomPriceGenie ✨🧞‍♂️

Founded in 2017, RoomPriceGenie is dedicated to helping hoteliers around the globe achieve optimal pricing. 🌍 We understand that many small hotels face challenges with digitalization, making their operations increasingly complex and often resulting in lost revenue. This is where we come in!

We have developed a powerful solution that enables hotels to set the right prices in just seconds. ⏱️ Our state-of-the-art algorithm analyzes both internal hotel data and market trends to recommend pricing strategies that enhance revenue and improve booking rates.

With customers spanning the globe—from the USA and Canada to Iceland, South Africa, China, Slovenia, Italy, and the UK—RoomPriceGenie has made a meaningful impact in the hospitality industry, and our clients love the results. ❤️

Now, we are excited to expand our customer base and spread the word about how we can support hoteliers in optimizing their pricing strategies. We invite you to join us on this journey! We actively encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds to enrich our team and drive innovation.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of data, algorithms, and production systems—designing scalable data pipelines, powering our optimization engine and forecasting, and shipping real-world features end-to-end.

• Collaborate with a Product Manager and a talented team of ML and Backend Engineers.

• Evolve our architecture to seamlessly scale with an increasing number of users, features, and data—help us grow!

• Partner closely with Product and Design teams, taking full ownership of projects from conception through post-deployment in a dynamic, collaborative setting.

• Cultivate a strong engineering organization and vibrant development culture, fostering an environment where creativity and excellence thrive.

• 5+ years of professional Python experience, ideally in data engineering, backend, or ML infrastructure roles.

• Strong experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines, especially using Dagster.

• Solid experience in dbt: modelling, testing, documentation, and performance optimization.

• Strong working knowledge of Snowflake/Databricks and data warehousing concepts.

• Strong working knowledge of AWS Aurora/RDS (Postgres).

• Help evolve our data platform to handle rapidly scaling users, datasets, and feature complexity.

• Familiarity with essential data libraries (pandas/polars, NumPy) and working with large datasets.

• Strong understanding of software design principles.

• Analytical mindset with interest in statistics, optimization, and data-driven problem-solving.

• Excellent communication skills—you can articulate complex ideas clearly and collaborate effectively.

• High ownership mentality—you take pride in your work and drive projects to completion.

• A true team player, egoless and empathetic, who thrives in a collaborative environment.

• Serve as an Individual Contributor reporting to the RM Engine Engineering Manager, influencing our data and architectural direction.

• Fluent in English, able to engage in technical discussions with ease.

• Based in the European Time Zone (UTC+0 / UTC+2) to align with our team's schedules.

• We embrace diversity and are excited to see the unique contributions you’ll bring to our team!

• Located near Mannheim, Germany (bonus points!).

• Hands-on experience with:

  • MongoDB/DocumentDB, DynamoDB

  • Databricks (for GenAI use cases)

  • Cube.dev

  • IaC (OpenTofu/Terraform)

  • Django/FastAPI

  • Celery & RabbitMQ

  • DataDog

  • Optimization libraries (SciPy, etc.)

What We Offer at RoomPriceGenie 💪

At RoomPriceGenie, we don’t just offer jobs; we offer an adventure! 🚀 Join us in an exciting startup atmosphere where you can grow your career while changing the world for tens of thousands of independent hoteliers. 🌍 Our global and diverse team is fueled by passion and a shared mission. We thrive in a culture that’s all about transparency, respect, and making a real impact together.

Here’s what you can expect when you become part of our Genie family:

• Remote-First Model: You can work flexibly from anywhere. 🌍🧑‍💻At the same time, we support co-working and you’re of course welcome to work from our offices in Mannheim, Berlin, or Sydney whenever you like. 🏢

• One Team, One Vision, One Goal: We’re in this together! 🤝 Our Genies are laser-focused on our mission, collaborating to make magic happen. ✨ It’s no wonder we score a stellar 9.3 from our team members! 🌟

• Epic Team Gatherings: Every year, we bring our global crew together 🌎 for a week of networking, brainstorming, and fun. 🎉 Plus, enjoy regular hangouts in our offices to keep the camaraderie alive.

• Growth and Development: We’re all about lifelong learning! 📚 Level up your skills with personal and professional development opportunities. You’ll even snag up to three extra days off each year to focus on your growth. 📈

• 5 Years? 5 Weeks! Stick with us, and we’ll reward your loyalty. After five years, you’ll earn an incredible five weeks of bonus vacation time 🏖️ to recharge and explore the world. 🌍

• Birthday Celebrations: It’s your day, so take it off! 🎂 Celebrate your birthday the way you want, guilt-free.

• Flexible Hours: We get it—life happens! ⏰ We offer flexible working hours to help you balance your work and personal life seamlessly.

• Wellbeing Matters: Your mental health is a top priority. 🧘 Every Genie gets access to Headspace, the leading meditation app, to help you cultivate a happier, healthier, and more zen life. 🌿

• BetterHelp Support: We also offer BetterHelp, a professional online therapy and counseling platform, giving you additional support whenever you need it.💛🧠

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