Senior Data Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 18, 2026.
Shaping the Future of Mobility: Senior Data Engineer
As a Senior Data Engineer, you won't just be "managing databases." You will be the master craftsman of our data backbone, building the high-performance pipelines and robust governance frameworks that power the intelligence of an entire city.
About bitaksi:
bitaksi is Turkey's leading taxi-hailing app, transforming urban mobility with innovative technology. Over the past 13 years, we've grown from a small startup to a pivotal part of people's daily lives, providing safe, easy, and modern transportation solutions.
Company Vision:
Our vision is to transform the way people move by leveraging cutting-edge technology and creating seamless experiences for both riders and drivers. We aim to be the preferred transportation platform of choice, setting new industry standards and reshaping urban mobility.
Why Choose bitaksi:
Impactful Work: Your contributions will directly impact millions of rides. Without your pipelines, the city stands still.
Innovation and Technology: Work with a modern stack in a high-concurrency environment where "real-time" isn't just a buzzword-it's a requirement.
What You’ll Do
- Architect the Flow: Design, build, and maintain scalable, end-to-end data pipelines (ETL/ELT) that process millions of events daily.
- Be Hands-On: Get into the trenches of coding and optimization. You’ll be writing clean, production-grade code to handle complex data transformations.
- Champion Data Governance: Establish and implement data governance standards. You will ensure data quality, lineage, and security are integrated into the very fabric of our data platform.
- Power the Intelligence Layer: Collaborate closely with Data Scientists to provide optimized features and reliable datasets for real-time ML models.
- Optimize for Scale: Tune our big data environment for maximum performance, ensuring our infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Spark, Airflow) grows as fast as our user base.
- Bridge the Gap: Work with Product and Engineering teams to turn business requirements into robust data schemas and reliable analytical assets.
Who You Are
- Data Architect & Builder: You have 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, with a strong foundation in Computer Science or a related field.
- Tech Maestro: You are a Python and SQL expert. You have hands-on experience with Big Data tools (Spark, Kafka, Flink) and workflow orchestrators (Airflow, Dagster).
- Governance Advocate: You don't just move data; you care about its integrity. You have proven experience in Data Governance, including data cataloging, lineage tracking, and implementing data quality frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, dbt tests).
- Cloud Native: Deeply comfortable managing data infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
- Problem Solver: You thrive on optimizing slow queries and fixing bottlenecks in high-throughput systems.
- Clear Communicator: You can explain the importance of "Data Lineage" to a stakeholder and discuss "Partitioning Strategies" with a DevOps engineer with ease.
Why bitaksi?
- Real-World Impact: Your work isn't hidden in a lab; it’s the engine room of a service used by millions every day.
- Agile Culture: We move fast, we test fast, and we celebrate wins together.
- Tech-First Environment: We invest heavily in our data infrastructure and encourage continuous learning.
Are you ready to take the driver's seat of our data ecosystem? Apply now and let’s build the smartest mobility platform together.
What we offer
- Day one: A welcome kit with everything you need to get started, plus bitaksi credit for your first day, renewed every month.
- Flexible start: Start your day anytime between 08:00 and 10:00.
- Health: Private health insurance for you and your family.
- Food: Breakfast every morning, fresh fruit in the afternoon, and a meal card. Dinner is also covered when you work overtime.
- Development: Udemy Business and O'Reilly subscriptions, available to everyone.
- Academic support: Academic leave for employees pursuing master's or other postgraduate studies.
- Movement: Access to a wide network of gyms and sports facilities, with bitaksi contributing towards the membership fee.
- Perks & discounts: Exclusive brand discounts for you and your family, plus special discounts on master's and postgraduate programs at partner universities.
- Special moments: Gifts to celebrate birthdays, marriages, the arrival of a new child, and other important life events.
- Life at bitaksi: Team and company events throughout the year.
Join Us: Become part of a team that’s redefining urban mobility. Together, let’s create innovative solutions that enhance the lives of millions.
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