General Information
Reports to : Vincent Bremer (Data Science and Machine Learning Manager)
Talent Acquisition : Julia Cramer
Salary Band :
Professional IC L2 : 6476k (gross fix)
- VSOP 15 of annual gross salary)
Senior Professional IC L3 : 7796k (gross fix)
VSOP 20 of annual gross salary)based on German benchmark adjusted to local cost of living for remote hiresRemotefirst Culture with offices in Potsdam and Berlin : This position is part of a research project supported by the state of Brandenburg. Residency around Brandenburg / Berlin is therefore necessary.
Your mission
HelloBetter is a pioneer in the field of digital healthcare. For more than 10 years we have been developing evidencebased digital health applications for the prevention and treatment of mental health conditions. Our applications cover a variety of areas including stress management depression problematic alcohol use panic disorder and anxiety vaginismus and sleep disorders.
Six of HelloBetters ten applications are approved as digital health applications. They are available free of charge by prescription to all insured adults in Germany.
For more information about HelloBetter see ourHelloBetter Handbook.
Digital mental health generates an unprecedented wealth of behavioral data in the field of psychotherapy. Our Research and Data team conducts foundational university research and directly integrates novel insights into our digital therapeutics. As a Data Engineer youll collaborate closely with our data analyst psychological researchers data scientists and engineers to bring the potential of precision medicine and statistical learning to life in our digital therapy programs.
To learn more about our data team we invite you to explore our team pages.
Your objectives
Optimize endtoend data pipeline performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in data processing workflowsDevelop and maintain scalable data processing solutions and backends that support both analytics and AI applicationsIntegrate data sources using modern ETL / ELT practices and inhouse solutions (we already have a variety of data sources connected such as bitbucket hubspot zendesk rapidmail and more) and reverse ETL jobs to given sourcesClean and transform raw data to hand over to Data Analysts and Scientists leveraging a wellstructured layer architecture in dbtBuild and maintain robust data quality frameworks and validation processesMaintain and troubleshoot our data architecture and infrastructureDesign enhance and maintain data processes and security best practices across all systems to ensure compliance with regulatory requirementsSupport ML & AI Engineers in building efficient data pipelines for model trainingCooperate and contribute to our AIdriven applications by collaborating with Software / Machine Learning and AI EngineersCollaborate closely with the rest of the team to generate new ideas for analytical insights reports and processesOur TechStack
MongoDB as application databaseDocker and Kubernetes for containerized applicationsAWS cloud services (EC2 S3 RDS etc.Airflow and custom Python DAGs for orchestration and data extractionPostgreSQL as Data Warehousedbt for transforming and documenting dataGit and Bitbucket for version control and CI / CDYour profile
Must Haves
Working experience as Data EngineerHandson experience with min. 75 of our Tech Stack (see above)Strong Python programming skills with focus on maintainable codeExperience with CI / CD philosophy (e.g. using Bitbucket Pipelines)Experience in designing developing and maintaining secured data systemsFamiliarity with vector databases (like Pinecone or Weaviate)Solid understanding of data modeling and ETL / ELT patternsKnowledge of API design and implementationKnowledge of basic data security best practicesNice To Haves
University degree in Computer Science or similar educationExperience with MLOps to support Data ScientistsExperience with realtime data processingKnowledge of large language model (LLM) data requirements and backend tasksExperience in healthcare / strongly regulated spacesWhy us
Meaningfulness
Mental health is a human right : we help thousands of people each month who struggle with depression stress insomnia burnout and other mental health issuesResearch & Evidence
We have a unique product and are at the forefront of research in digital health applicationsThe effectiveness of our product is continuously evaluated and efficacy studies have been published in international and highimpact journals since 2014Data is of great importance to us and we are transparent about our strategy goals and results.Growth
As pioneers in the development of applications for various mental health conditions we are at the forefront of innovationWe operate in an extremely exciting and emerging marketAnnual training budget of 1000 euros we place great emphasis on the personal growth of our employees and actively support their developmentRemoteFirst
Remotefirst culture we hire globally considering a time window of / 4.5 hours CET (This position is part of a research project supported by the state of Brandenburg. Residency around Brandenburg / Berlin is therefore necessary.Use of our offices in Berlin and Hamburg if you prefer to work onsiteRelocation option and supportDiversity & Inclusion
Fair and equal treatment are the standards of our AntiHarassment PolicyFlexible working hours shape your own dayCompany language English with a strong emphasis on inclusive languageTransparent salary bandsAdditional 10 paid leave days for nonbirth parents after the birth or adoption of a childOther Benefits
28 vacation days compensation for holidays that fall on weekendsTenure based paid time off up to three additional daysPermanent employment contractAttractive VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan) for all employeesTaxdeductible pension plan with an aboveaverage employer contributionFree or subsidized fitness membershipsRegular team eventsHelloBetter is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants of any national origin gender sexual orientation religious background gender identity and people with disabilities to apply
Privacy Policy for Applicants
Interview Process
People Team Interview 30min)
Team Lead Interview 45min)
Takehome Task 120min)
Team Round with takehome task discussion 60min)
CTO Talk 20min)
About us
HelloBetter was founded under the name Institut fr Online Gesundheitstrainings GmbH by internationally recognized researchers and psychologists in 2015. In more than 30 randomizedcontrolled studies HelloBetter has developed and evaluated 10 online programs from eight specific problem areas in cooperation with Leuphana University FriedrichAlexander University ErlangenNuremberg the Free University of Amsterdam Harvard University and other partners. These programs serve both the prevention and treatment of classic mental illnesses such as depression anxiety or panic disorders but also cover topics such as vaginismus or chronic pain. This gives HelloBetter the broadest study base of all providers.
In the meantime six therapy programs from HelloBetter have been approved by the German Federal Institute for and Medical Devices (BfArM) as digital health applications and are available free of charge on prescription for all adults with health insurance in Germany. The work of the expert team has been published in international journals (including The Journal of the American Medical Association) and recognized with various awards (including Wilhelm Exner Award in Psychology 2016 EFPA Comenius Award 2017 Digital Health Award 2018 EU Compass Good Practice 2018 in Mental Health).
The company is based in Berlin and Hamburg and employs more than 130 people.
Key Skills
Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1
