At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. Lead Data Engineer- Site Reliability  <h2>We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer - Site Reliability! </h2> At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.As an SRE you will bridge software engineering and system administration with a focus on ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of software systems operating on common cloud infrastructures. You will proactively monitor cloud-enabled pipelines and drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and minimize system down time. You’ll work closely with data engineers, cloud engineers, data stewards, software developers, data scientists, and domain experts to build observable and scalable cloud-based infrastructures using modern cloud-native and open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies. You’ll push standardization and provide a paved path for other engineers by building and deploying Kubernetes (k8s) Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and webhook.  <h2>YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: </h2> <ul><li>Drive system design discussions and software development within engineering teams</li><li>Monitor and manage observability and alerting of containerized applications and workflows to ensure performance and reliability of assets that meet or exceed stated SLOs</li><li>Work closely with cloud engineers and platform engineers to build CI/CD pipelines and standardize deployment patterns</li><li>Participate in the service and pipeline development lifecycle, including contributing, reviewing, and documenting code and infrastructure choices</li><li>Optimize event-driven data processing tasks using modern queuing solutions</li><li>Integrate and manage data flows across cloud platforms</li><li>Provide technical support, incident response, troubleshooting, and resolution for issues</li><li>Ensure compliance with company and industry standards and best practices for data security and regulatory requirements</li><li>Stay updated on emerging data engineering technologies and data infrastructures and evaluate their potential impact and application in our systems and processes</li><li>Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior data engineers and foster a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning</li><li>Collaborate with Principal Engineers to ensure a cohesive and coherent architecture</li><li>Communication of technical principles, solutions, and recommendations with business stakeholders, product managers, and other technical leaders</li><li>Participate in an on-call rotation (but rarely paged/alerted) and be able to occasionally work with flexible hours</li></ul>  <h2>WHO YOU ARE:</h2> Required:<ul><li>Cloud &amp; Container Technologies: Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS+GCP), Kubernetes, containerization, Linux fundamentals, networking, and related technologies</li><li>Reliability &amp; Scalability: Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, error budgets, capacity planning and other patterns that ensure resilient, scalable, and efficient infrastructure</li><li>Observability &amp; Automation: Strong skills in metrics gathering, monitoring, logging, alerting, automation, and CI/CD to drive efficiency and reduce operational burden</li><li>Risk &amp; Change Management: Familiarity with risk management, change processes, and SLIs/SLOs</li><li>Software design: Strong understanding of distributed systems architecture and testing strategies, including load balancing, message queuing and ordering, caching, resiliency and redundancy</li></ul> <div>Preferred: <ul><li>Highly proficient (5+ years) in Python or Golang with a strong track record of maintaining production data pipelines and backend systems</li><li>Experience with PostgreSQL/PostGIS enabled databases</li><li>Understanding of geospatial data concepts and experience with data processing and analysis using geospatial libraries and tools</li><li>Familiarity with cloud-based machine learning services and platforms such as Google Cloud Vertex AI or AWSSagemaker and experience invoking model endpoints</li><li>Experience working with customers and developers to deliver full-stack development solutions and the ability to translate customer requirements into technical requirements</li><li>Knowledge of the agricultural domain</li></ul> You feel you do not meet all criteria we are looking for? That doesn’t mean you aren’t the right fit for the role. Apply with confidence, we value potential over perfection!  <h2>WHAT DO WE OFFER:</h2> <ul><li>A flexible, hybrid work model </li><li>Great workplace in a new modern office in Warsaw</li><li>Career development, 360° Feedback &amp; Mentoring programme</li><li>Wide access to professional development tools, trainings, &amp; conferences</li><li>Company Bonus &amp; Reward Structure </li><li>Company car or car allowance</li><li>Increased tax-deductible costs for authors of copyrighted works</li><li>VIP Medical Care Package (including Dental &amp; Mental health)</li><li>Holiday allowance (“Wczasy pod gruszą”)</li><li>Life &amp; Travel Insurance</li><li>Pension plan</li><li>Co-financed sport card - FitProfit</li><li>Meals Subsidy in Office </li><li>Budget for Home Office Setup &amp; Maintenance</li><li>Access to Company Game Room equipped with table tennis, soccer table, Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles setup with premium game passes, and massage chairs</li><li>Tailored-made support in relocation to Warsaw when needed</li></ul> Please send your CV in English  WORK LOCATION: WARSAW AL. JEROZOLIMSKIE 158 </div><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><h2>YOUR APPLICATION:</h2></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td>Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination.Bayer is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations in its application process for individuals with disabilities and encourages applicants with disabilities to request any needed accommodation(s) using the contact information below. Bayer offers the possibility of working in a hybrid model. We know how important work-life balance is, so our employees can work from home, from the office or combine both work environments. The possibilities of using the hybrid model are each time discussed with the manager. Bayer respects and applies the Whistleblower Act in Poland.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Location:</td><td>Poland : Mazowieckie : Warszawa   </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Division:</td><td>Enabling Functions  </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Reference Code:</td><td>850219 </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>