Metadata Engineer

Fressnapf is a leading pet supply company in Europe, dedicated to making the relationship between humans and animals simpler, better, and happier. Our mission is to create a unique pet ecosystem that will revolutionize the retail industry.

We are seeking a highly skilled Metadata Engineer to join our team. As a Metadata Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing taxonomies, developing and managing data catalogs, creating business glossaries, and optimizing metadata for search and discoverability.

• Design and Implement Taxonomies: Develop and refine product taxonomies to enable efficient navigation and content enrichment.
• Develop and Manage Data Catalogs: Create and update a centralized data dictionary of entities, attributes, data processes, applications, and services, and their relationships.
• Create Business Glossaries: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish a glossary of business terms, policies, and standards, ensuring consistent terminology, understanding, and handling of data.
• Optimize Metadata: Implement metadata tagging and classification strategies to enhance data organization and discoverability.
• Search Optimization: Optimize metadata for search, discoverability, and self-service.
• Data Ownership Workbench: Manage a function that provides a space for all business and technical personas to collaborate and curate data knowledge with approval workflows and feedback.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information science, or a related field.
• Experience: Experience with data catalog tools and metadata management.
• Skills: Familiarity with taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, and classification systems, effective communication skills that foster collaboration and clear expectation management, passion for pets, and commitment to Fressnapf's mission.
• Previous Experience: Previous experience with the green field implementation of industry-leading data catalog tools.
• Knowledge: Knowledge of storage technologies and architecture.

• Freedom: Pro rata mobile working and flexible working hours.
• Team: Open, familiar, appreciative culture, including team events.
• Environment: Dynamic, innovative, and agile working environment.
• Role: High level of personal responsibility and freedom to implement your ideas.
• Development: Regular trainings and seminars in our academy.
• Pets: Dogs are welcome in our offices (campus).
• Health: Numerous offers for preventive care, fitness, etc.
• Benefits: Employee discounts, company leasing bikes, company pension plan, and much more.