Data Engineer
About Nexters
Nexters is an international game development company that strives to introduce the joy of core gaming experiences to casual players. In 2021 we went public and listed on the NASDAQ (GDEV). Nexters is part of the GDEV holding, which also includes Cubic Games, Royal Ark, Game Gear studios. Our people work worldwide from offices in Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan or remotely. We want brilliant professionals who love building great games in a team with one of the best cultures.
About your role
We are seeking a Data Engineer who will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, as well as supporting and refactoring existing solutions. The primary ownership area will be the Bronze and Silver layers of our data platform.
What you'll do:
- Design and develop batch and streaming data pipelines
- Build and maintain data ingestion from internal and external sources
- Develop and evolve data lake / data warehouse models
- Optimize performance of Spark-based data processing jobs
- Develop and maintain dbt models and data contracts
- Implement and support monitoring, observability, and data quality checks
- Work with Kafka-based streaming pipelines
- Collaborate with analytics, marketing, platform, and backend teams
What we're looking for:
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Solid production experience building ETL / ELT pipelines
- Hands-on experience with Spark / PySpark, especially in streaming scenarios
- Understanding of distributed data processing and storage systems
- Experience working with data lake / data warehouse architectures
- Practical experience with Delta tables, Parquet, and S3
- Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow or similar
- Experience working with Kafka and streaming pipelines
- Experience maintaining and improving production-grade data pipelines
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and data quality practices
What we offer
- Healthcare
Medical care program (including dental service) or medical care compensation are available for you wherever you wish to work. The medical care program (basic package) is also available for your family members if you choose to work from our official locations – Cyprus, Armenia, and Kazakhstan. - Work, life, and balance
We offer a fair amount of paid vacation days and sick leave. You can work at one of our comfortable offices in official locations or from home. - Sports
You can choose various sports activities like yoga, football, and volleyball in our official locations. - Relocation support
A relocation package is available for you if you decide to join us in one of our official locations. - Skills improvement
Let's learn languages: you can visit online English language courses. Greek and Armenian language lessons are available for everyone who works in Cyprus or Armenia. Our company encourages people of Nexters to take part in game jams, hackathons, and relevant conferences and meetups as expert speakers. - Community & ESG
We are proud of our local communities and support employees’ social initiatives. Dream big, act big: Nexters contribute to gaming’s positive impact on the world, hold a sustainability strategy, and take part in charity projects all over the world.
Work format
In one of the company's offices in Cyprus, Armenia and Kazakhstan or remotely.
