Project Description

The project aims to build a scalable Data Product platform in the area of Service Management, enabling data from multiple backend systems to be exposed and consumed efficiently through a consistent API-first architecture.

A core objective is to significantly reduce manual implementation and maintenance effort by introducing a high degree of automation and standardization. Data will be exposed via well-defined APIs and reused across both operational service portals and analytical use cases.

A central target architecture is based on:

• OpenAPI-driven development
• deterministic and reproducible tooling
• strong CI/CD integration
• contract-based quality assurance

APIs are enriched with structured metadata to support automation, consistency, and reuse. The resulting combination of APIs and metadata forms reusable Data Products, designed to be consumed by multiple teams and platforms.

The initiative follows an automation-first mindset, with clear ownership, enterprise-grade quality standards, and long-term maintainability as key success factors.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and own data-centric REST APIs and Data Products
• Define and enforce API and data contracts, including:
  • versioning strategies
  • backward compatibility
  • consumer-driven contract testing
• Build and operate end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for APIs and data services
• Ensure production-grade quality with a focus on:
  • reliability
  • scalability
  • performance
  • security
• Drive automation-first and standardization initiatives
• Collaborate closely with:
  • solution and platform architects
  • frontend and portal teams
  • other backend and data engineers
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical guidelines
• Mentor other engineers and support best engineering practices
• Support both operational and analytical data consumption scenarios

Required Skills & Experience

Core Engineering

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Backend Engineering
• Strong expertise in:
  • RESTful API design
  • OpenAPI-first development
  • Java and/or Python
• Deep hands-on experience with:
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • API toolchains
  • Contract testing
  • Packaging and deployment
• Proven experience working in enterprise-scale environments

Data & Platform

• Strong understanding of:
  • data modeling and data lifecycle management
  • data quality, consistency, and governance
• Experience with:
  • Data Products and/or Data Mesh concepts
  • exposing data for both operational and analytical use cases
• Familiarity with:
  • cloud-native architectures
  • containerized and platform-based deployments

Operational Excellence

• Experience with:
  • monitoring, logging, and alerting
  • troubleshooting and root-cause analysis in production
• Solid understanding of:
  • authentication and authorization concepts
  • platform and security constraints

Nice to Have

• Experience with:
  • metadata- or semantics-driven API approaches
  • platform or portal integrations
• Exposure to:
  • BI / analytics platforms
  • developer enablement or internal platform teams
• Experience contributing to:
  • shared tooling
  • architectural standards or best practices

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