(Senior) Software Engineer (Rust, Backend) (m/f/d)

at  Statista GmbH

REQUIREMENTS

• At least 5 years of experience as Software Engineer with solid experience in implementing scalable software and APIs using programming languages like Rust, Go, NodeJS, Typescript.
• If you gained experience in multiple programming languages then this is a plus as it will help you to design our APIs (and possibly client libraries) in a way that makes them easy to integrate for different tech stacks.
• Experience with Amazon Web Service, esp. Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, OpenSearch and experience with CDK and SDK.
• Ideally, you worked previously in a SaaS company or company for which APIs were an integral part of the business so that you have experience in designing easy-to-use APIs.
• You have a test-driven development mindset, and strive for building testable, predictable and simple code.
• Experience in Docker, Git (VCS) and Postman and KeyValue Databases (e.g., DynamoDB)
• Proficient English language skills.
• A positive mindset and the social skills to work in an international and distributed setup, and desire to learn from customer feedback.
• Prompt to laugh. Daily. Multiple times.

THE TEAM

Our newly formed API team is part of the Content Discovery area. We help users of our platform and customers of our API to find the insights they are looking for. The API layer that our team develops is an integral part of Statista and is currently gaining a lot of traction. For example, companies are starting to use our data to train and fine-tune large language models and other Internet platforms connect to our APIs to enable their users to discover Statista insights. There is a lot that we still need to develop and luckily, we have a lot of freedom to do so. It is a perfect moment to join our team and help shaping Statista’s API products.

ABOUT US

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, that’s why we are the world’s leading business data platform.
By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.
Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.
At Statista we value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.
Are you ready to join us?

• You design and implement API services of Statista (e.g., search services, functionality related to payments) that are easy and fun to work with
• You write high-quality, idiomatic Rust and Typescript code in AWS Lambda to create new features
• You write infrastructure as a code (IaaC) with AWS CDK in Typescript
• You write tests and contribute to further automating our CI/CD pipeline
• You collaborate with developers from our strategic partners to help them integrating our APIs into their systems
• You work together with other disciplines (e.g., product management, machine learning engineers, etc.) to advance our API products
• You keep up to date with latest trends and learn from helpful and talented colleagues to continue shaping your technical expertise
• You become a great mentor yourself and help your colleagues to grow
• You are part of a team that works with Kanban with a regular friendly exchange