Working at HelloFresh

At HelloFresh Group, we are driven by a high-performance culture that values speed, agility, and continuous learning. We believe in hands-on contribution and fostering a truly collaborative, egoless environment where every team member contributes to our mission of changing the way people eat, forever and welcome team players who thrive in a dynamic environment, lead with ownership, and bring diverse perspectives to the table.

Our teams thrive on in-person collaboration, with an expectation to work from the office four days a week. This approach creates a dynamic space where ideas flourish, decisions are made efficiently, and our collective impact is accelerated. It's how we stay closely connected to our shared goals and drive swift execution.

The role

As a Data Engineer in the Active Journey Alliance, you’ll play a key role in helping HelloFresh maximize retention by building customer-first, scalable solutions — including our LLM-powered Chatbot, Voicebot, Agent Copilot, and more. Your work directly supports millions of users across the globe, driving both satisfaction and efficiency.

You’ll bring your engineering expertise to a fast-moving, impact-driven team where innovation, reliability, and performance are at the core of every decision. If you’re excited about solving high-scale data challenges and powering smarter customer journeys, this is the role for you.

What you’ll do

• Take ownership of the end-to-end process, including architecture, design, development, deployment, and operations of data pipelines, applying DevOps practices, pair programming, and other cutting-edge methodologies.
• Be active, solution-oriented member of autonomous, cross-functional agile teams collaborating with Product Owners, Back-end Engineers, Front-end Engineers, Product Analysts, and Business Intelligence teams
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of HelloFresh’s core product and architecture, and act as ambassador for software solutions offering support and mentorship to colleagues
• Work with state-of-the-art technologies like AWS (EMR, Glue, s3, etc), Kafka, PySpark, Kubernetes, Airflow, Prefect, Tecton, Databricks, as well as our in-house Data Pipeline tools

What you’ll bring

• Strong background in software engineering with a focus on writing clean, maintainable Python code
• Proficient in working with cloud platforms and data technologies such as PySpark and Kubernetes. Kafka is a plus.
• Skilled in designing scalable data models and working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and object stores (e.g., AWS S3)
• Track record of building and optimizing efficient, reliable data pipelines
• Committed to ensuring data quality, implementing monitoring practices, and maintaining high testing standards across the development lifecycle
• Comfortable in agile environments, embracing fast iterations, lean principles, and continuous delivery
• A collaborative team player who actively mentors others, stays curious, and is eager to learn and share new trends

What we offer

Elevate your lifestyle! Join one of Europe's fastest-growing tech powerhouses in a dynamic phase of expansion.

• Immerse yourself in a diverse global community of 90+ nationalities.
• Enjoy a competitive compensation package that goes beyond the norm, with perks like a HelloFresh- subsidized Pension Scheme, Berlin relocation support, and a Hybrid working model.
• Elevate your lifestyle with exclusive discounts on your weekly HelloFresh box and office meals.
• Invest in your growth with a German language learning budget, and access to the HelloFresh Academy.
• Plus, we've got your well-being covered with mental health support, transportation perks, and working-parent-friendly benefits. From our 24/7 gym access,wellbeing platforms like Headspace and Spill, to sabbatical leave options, HelloFresh is not just a workplace; it's a lifestyle of perks and possibilities!

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