Data Berlin #22
Jobs, insights, and momentum from Berlin’s data ecosystem
Hi there,
It’s great to see the Berlin data scene keeping its momentum into the new year. More companies are investing in data, more roles are opening up, and the community keeps showing up to share, learn, and build together.
To keep you in the loop, this edition brings a fresh, curated selection of data, analytics, engineering, and AI roles, along with a few reads and upcoming events worth adding to your calendar.
📖Interesting Readings
A behind-the-scenes look at how OpenAI scaled its core data infrastructure to handle rapid growth, focusing on reliability tradeoffs, scaling strategies, and why boring fundamentals still win at scale. - Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users
An accessible introduction to uv, arguing it’s becoming one of the best tools for Python environments and dependencies with far less friction than the usual suspects - Introduction to uv: The Best Python Package Manager
An update on FastMCP 3, covering what’s new, what got simpler, and why MCP tooling is moving fast from experiments toward something teams can actually ship - Introducing FastMCP 3.0 🚀
A solid back-to-basics walkthrough of how storage really works in data engineering, from hardware tradeoffs to cloud storage types and abstractions, with a strong reminder to choose solutions based on real problems instead of hype - Storage Fundamentals for Data Engineers
☕ Upcoming Meetups & Events
January 27 — Open Lakehouse and AI 🏞️
February 10 — Data Berlin Meetup 🐻
February 12 — Python Users Berlin (PUB): The paradox of itertools.tee 💡
February 17 — DataTalkClub - GenAI transforming Engineering: Agents and Guardrails🗣️
February 18 — PyBerlin 58 – February Event🐍
💼This Week’s Job Picks
📈 Data Analyst
• Senior Data Analyst, Onboarding – Deel → apply here
• Marketing Data Analyst – HelloFresh → apply here
• Data Analyst, Product – Kraken → apply here
• Senior Data Analyst – Schwarz Digits → apply here
📊 Analytics Engineer
• Revenue Analytics Engineer – DeepL → apply here
• Analytics Engineer – Almedia → apply here
• Senior Analytics Engineer – Oviva → apply here
• Analytics Engineer (Buyer, Supply & MLC) – Vinted → apply here
🛠️ Data Engineer
• Data Engineer – Globant → apply here
• (Senior) Data Engineer – Riverty (Azure) → apply here
• Principal Data Engineer – Bestsecret Group → apply here
• Data Engineer – smartclip (AI) → apply here
🤖 AI / ML / LLM
• AI Engineer - FDE – Databricks → apply here
• Engineering Manager, AI Platform – GetYourGuide → apply here
• Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Almedia → apply here
• Voice AI Engineering Principal – ZenDesk → apply here
It’s great to see so many people showing up, sharing knowledge, and helping each other grow. That’s what makes the Data Berlin community special.
If a role looks interesting, apply. If not, forward this email to someone who might need it.
And if you’re around, come say hi at the next meetup, good conversations (and bad data jokes) guaranteed.
See you next week,
- The Data Berlin Team