Qualifications
Your RoleDesign and manage a company-wide event bus based on Kafka, enhancing our existing real-time event monitoring setup into a scalable, self-service platform. Define and maintain all infrastructure as code using AWS CDK across services like ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch. Establish and uphold CI/CD pipelines ensuring zero-downtime deployments and comprehensive rollback capabilities. Develop self-service tools and documentation to facilitate independent onboarding for engineering teams to the platform. Integrate monitoring tools like Datadog, define SLOs, and create operational runbooks to support manageable operations at scale. Incorporate security best practices from the outset: including IAM least-privilege controls, secrets management, and network segmentation. Your Profile3+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Proven hands-on experience with Kafka is essential—covering consumer groups, topic design, partitioning strategies, and operational troubleshooting. Strong expertise in AWS, particularly in compute, networking, storage, security, and monitoring. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code—preferably AWS CDK, with Terraform or CloudFormation also acceptable.
About the job
At Statista, we focus on providing accurate facts and data, establishing ourselves as the world's premier business data platform. Our mission is to deliver reliable, user-friendly data alongside a suite of data analytics products and services, empowering individuals globally to make informed, data-driven decisions.
Founded in Hamburg in 2007, Statista has rapidly expanded into a global enterprise with offices in key cities including London, New York, Berlin, and Tokyo. Our ongoing growth not only highlights our success but also creates numerous development and career opportunities for our employees.
We embrace and celebrate diversity. Your individuality is welcomed here, regardless of your background, appearance, or preference for bar graphs over pie charts. Your journey is important to us—continue it as part of our dynamic team.
Are you prepared to take the next step with us?
We are seeking a talented DevOps Engineer to spearhead the development of our comprehensive event streaming platform. This role involves transforming our current real-time event monitoring system into a scalable, self-service infrastructure that will be indispensable for engineering teams across the organization.
About Statista
Statista is the leading business data platform, dedicated to providing reliable and accessible data to help individuals make informed decisions. With a global presence and a commitment to growth, we value diversity and encourage our employees to thrive in a collaborative environment.