At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.
Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, Berlin and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees.
We value and celebrate our diverse culture. You are welcome here for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or whether you prefer bar graphs to pie charts. Your story matters – keep writing it as part of our team.
Are you ready to join us?
Your role
Take ownership of designing, building, and maintaining backend services in Kotlin, PHP, and Python to support user data flows.
Design and optimize scalable event-driven architectures and pipelines connecting internal systems with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and downstream marketing channels.
Build reliable, high-performance processes for collecting, transforming, and activating user data, ensuring accuracy and timeliness for campaigns and analytics.
Drive technical design decisions, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices across the team.
Collaborate closely with marketing, data, product, and platform teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
Ensure scalability, reliability, security, and observability through monitoring, logging, testing, and proactive improvements.
Champion engineering excellence across the software development lifecycle, including architecture, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and maintenance.
Open-minded about working across different technologies, including frontend development and monolithic applications, based on business needs.
Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day software development to improve productivity and code quality.
Your profile
5+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer.
Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, and Python.
Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
Experience designing scalable backend systems and event-driven architectures.
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
Experience working with messaging and streaming platforms such as Kafka
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and business teams.
Nice to have
Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and the MarTech ecosystem (e.g. Braze, Salesforce, Segment, Hightouch, etc.).
Experience working with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Amazon Redshift.
(Big plus) Experience designing and building AI-powered workflows, including AI agents, LLM integrations, or developer productivity tools.
What we offer
In addition to our great team, culture, and our shared goal of empowering people with data, there are many other things that make Statista a great place to work! Join us and benefit from:
Work from abroad up to 30 calendar days a year
Hybrid work and flex-time
International team and social events
Subsidized urban mobility and access to fitness and wellness options
Free access to Langdock and all its amazing functionalities
Career & training opportunities
Attractive locations and modern offices
Mental health support with OpenUp
Some of the benefits listed here apply only to the German entity and to Junior-level roles or above.
Skills Required
- 5+ years professional experience as a Software Engineer
- Strong programming skills in Java, Kotlin, and Python
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining backend services (Kotlin, PHP, Python)
- Experience designing scalable backend systems and event-driven architectures
- Experience with messaging and streaming platforms such as Kafka
- Strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases
- Comfortable using AI tools in day-to-day software development
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering and business teams
- Experience with cloud platforms
- Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) and MarTech (e.g., Braze, Salesforce, Segment, Hightouch)
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Amazon Redshift)
- Experience designing and building AI-powered workflows, LLM integrations, or developer productivity tools
What We Do
Who We Are Statista believes that precise, accurate, and reliable data is the most important element needed for an organization to excel. We’re a rapidly growing international data-as-a-service organization with an IPO on the horizon. We leverage an easy-to-use online platform with a diverse and up-to-date collection of data, analytics, and information to give our partners access to an infinite number of business sectors, geographic areas, and consumers. Statista enables teams to learn from its data, assess market value, and make critical and well-informed business decisions based on truth, not opinions. Culture at Statista Founded 15 years ago in Hamburg, we have quickly developed into a global company. In our 13 office locations, we employ over 1,400 colleagues from more than 60 nationalities. In our international working environment, everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas to make Statista a special place to work. Our culture, framed by clear goals and a supporting team, paves the way for us to stay a profitable, leading player in the market. Why You Should Choose Statista · Our mission- helping companies make decisions with facts, not opinions · We put our people first forming a strong company culture grounded in our core ethics of community, integrity, communication, initiative, and accountability · Opportunities to grow and hone your sales expertise in a rapidly growing company · A diverse and international company with 13 locations worldwide, with our HQ in Hamburg,Germany · A beautiful office in NYC at 3 WTC, with the view of Hudson River, Freedom Tower, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and Hudson Yards · Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits · Flexible office hours/remote work as needed · Casual office attire, dog friendly, and a kitchen full of snacks and beverages
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