Berlin Mitte

Hybrid (2 days/week remote)
€60,000-75,000 + VSOP equity

Help us decarbonize cement and concrete - not tomorrow, today.

alcemy is on a mission to keep 100 million tons of CO₂ out of the atmosphere every year by 2030. Making concrete accounts for around 8% of global CO₂ emissions, and our machine-learning software runs inside cement and concrete plants 24/7 to cut it - without sacrificing quality or driving up costs. We're already live in a third of Germany's cement plants and 30+ ready-mix concrete plants.

The role

As our Data Engineer, you'll own the data that powers everything we do - the flow of cement and concrete plant data from raw, messy ingestion through cleaning, to the pipelines our machine-learning recommendations run on. The split is roughly 50% data engineering, 50% backend, and it's refreshingly hands-on with customers: you'll dig into real-world data, explain what you find to non-technical people, and make getting data into alcemy dramatically easier.

What You'll Do

Build and own the pipelines that ingest and clean messy plant data into something our ML can use
Help us move from strict, structured data requirements toward flexible, AI-powered ingestion - so customers onboard with far less friction
Track down data anomalies and explain your findings to customers in plain language
Build and maintain the APIs and PostgreSQL databases behind our products, and keep production running smoothly
Work shoulder to shoulder with customers, sales, and customer success - translating between the technical and the non-technical

Requirements

You'll thrive here if...

Above all, you care about climate change and want your work to count.

Must-haves

You've deployed production-grade Python applications
You love getting to grips with an unfamiliar codebase quickly, and you're eager to start delivering work that matters from the start
You're comfortable working directly with customers, sales, and customer success - patient, plain-spoken, and at ease with non-technical enterprise teams
You're open to using AI tools to augment how you work

Nice-to-haves

Experience with Flask or Django and Fast API
PostgreSQL or similar SQL databases
Some exposure to machine learning

Don't tick every box? We'd still love to hear from you.

How We Work

No lone warriors - you'll work collaboratively alongside senior and junior engineers, owning features end to end: build, test, review, deploy
Small team, direct customer exposure, fast startup pace - so async communication, sharp prioritisation, transparency, and direct feedback are the norm, and how we work is something we shape together, and keep improving
We use Claude Code responsibly - AI to move fast, engineers always in charge and accountable, no AI-slop merge requests
Hybrid by design (Berlin Mitte office, up to 2 days remote, plus offsites and boat trips), with real room to grow along technical-expert or management tracks - and the chance to lead a product area within a couple of years

Benefits

25 days' vacation - plus an extra day for every 2 years here, and the days between Christmas and New Year off
€1,500/year and 3 days/quarter for your own development
The Mac of your choice
An office in the heart of Berlin Mitte

Our Tech Stack

Backend & data: Python throughout - FastAPI (auto-generated Swagger/OpenAPI), SQLAlchemy, pydantic, pytest, mypy; pandas, polars, numpy, sklearn; uv for dependencies
Infra: PostgreSQL, AWS on Kubernetes managed with Terraform, ArgoWorkflows for scheduled jobs, GitLab for code
Frontend: React & Next.js in TypeScript with TailwindCSS; Blueprint.js / Radix UI; TanStack Query or axios; Streamlit for internal tools

Our Hiring Process is fully remote

Intro call with our Recruiter
Meet our Hiring Manager
A take-home task that mirrors the real work you'd be doing
Technical interview (90 min) with two engineers, including 30 min of live coding
Team-fit interview (45 min) with two future teammates

At alcemy, we're building a team as diverse as the industry we're transforming. We welcome applications from everyone and assess every candidate on merit alone - regardless of gender, age, ethnic or national origin, religion or worldview, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We especially encourage people who are underrepresented in tech to apply. If you need any adjustments to take part fully in our hiring process, just let us know and we'll make them.

Note: We don't currently offer visa sponsorship, so you'll need a valid EU work visa.

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