Senior Data Engineer (d/f/m)

TK Elevator GmbH

Job Description

We strive to make cities the best ever places to live, by advancing an industry that moves over 1 billion people each day. We are transforming our business by driving the industry norm and challenging ourselves, fostering a culture of internal and external collaboration, and building on our unique engineering capabilities to optimize existing and create new products and solutions for our customers that cater to real mobility needs.

TK Elevator (TKE) is a global leader in vertical transportation and urban mobility. We provide engineering that keeps the world moving, from design to installation and maintenance on any brand of elevators, escalators, walkways, lifts, passenger boarding bridges, stairlifts, platform lifts and home elevators – any place and any time. With our digital solutions like AGILE and the IoT platform, MAX, there are no longer any limits to urban mobility. TK Elevator became independent following its separation from the thyssenkrupp group in 2020. The company achieved sales of €9.3 billion in fiscal year 2023/2024. With around 50,000 employees, 25,000 service technicians and over 1,000 support centers globally, we are moved by what moves people. TKE – Move Beyond.


We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to play a key role in building, optimizing, and maintaining our Azure-based Data Platform, which supports IoT data processing, analytics, and AI/ML applications. As part of our Data Platform Team, you will design and develop scalable data pipelines, implement data governance frameworks, and ensure high-performance data processing to drive digital transformation across our business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Data Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain high-performance, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and ADLS.
  • Data Platform Enhancement: Contribute to the development and optimization of our Azure-based Data Platform, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and security.
  • IoT & High-Volume Data Processing: Work with large-scale IoT and operational datasets, optimizing data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
  • Data Governance & Quality: Implement data governance best practices, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and compliance.
  • Performance Optimization: Improve query performance and storage efficiency for analytics and reporting use cases.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, architects, and business teams to ensure data availability and usability.
  • Innovation & Automation: Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements, leveraging modern tools and technologies.

  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering with a focus on Azure cloud technologies.
  • Strong expertise in Azure Data Factory, Databricks, ADLS, and Power BI.
  • Proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark for data processing and transformation.
  • Experience with IoT data ingestion and processing, handling high-volume, real-time data streams.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, lakehouse architectures, and medallion frameworks.
  • Experience in building and optimizing scalable ETL/ELT processes.
  • Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
  • Experience with monitoring, logging, and performance tuning of data workflows.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a platform-first mindset.

Preferred Qualities:

  • Background in service industries, field service data models, or operational analytics.
  • Experience with machine learning, AI, and GenAI data workflows.
  • Passion for data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.

  • Health and Safety Highest standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities
  • Flexibility We support, for example, through flexible yet regulated working hours and remote working options
  • Compensation & pension – Fair working conditions, competitive compensation, following “Collective Agreements” and support with pension schemes
  • Collaboration & diversity Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation
  • Development Individual support to help you get started in your new job as well as training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally
  • Creative leewayWe offer an environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no-blame-culture
  • Sustainability We act with responsibility and environmental awareness
  • Work environment We have modern workplaces and IT equipment, subsidized lunchtime meals in the canteen, free parking and discounted public transport tickets

We value diversity

At TK Elevator, we aim to embrace diversity and welcome everyone -no matter the ethnicity, nationality, gender or gender expression, age, social background, religion or world belief, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Do you have a disability and would like to work with us? Then we look forward to your application!

As a signatory of the Charter of Diversity, TK Elevator is committed to a prejudice-free and diverse working environment with equal opportunities. Although we are not completely barrier-free yet, we are working every day to improve ourselves. Let's overcome barriers together and work on individual solutions that work for you.

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