Data Engineer

Overview

Location: Amsterdam – Onsite
Contract Duration: 3 months
Pay rate: €31.25 per hour

Are you passionate about building robust data products and enabling modern data architecture? We’re seeking an experienced Data Engineer to support our client’s customer domain team in delivering high-quality data solutions as part of a shift towards a data mesh framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and modelling.

• Implement data quality checks and ensure secure, managed access to data products.

• Support and enhance our data mesh architecture, including data contracts and schemas.

• Collaborate closely with data engineers and stewards across distributed teams in Amsterdam and Sweden.

• Champion best practices in CI/CD, DataOps, and cloud-native development.

• Engage with key stakeholders across software engineering and product teams to align on technical and strategic objectives.

• Contribute to process improvements, documentation, and tech stack optimisation for scalability and security.

Key Technologies & Skills Required:

• Data Mesh & Data Products: Hands-on experience in design and implementation, including governance, contracts, and access management.

• BigQuery: Deep expertise, ideally with experience using Analytics Hub.

• GCP Tools: Including Cloud Run (Jobs), Workflows; Dataflow is a strong advantage.

• dbt: For data modelling and transformation workflows.

• SQL: Advanced proficiency, particularly for performance optimisation.

• CI/CD & DataOps: GitHub Actions, monitoring/observability, and infrastructure as code (Terraform).

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of advocating for technical strategies and mentoring colleagues.

• Experience in stakeholder management, especially working with software engineers and product owners.

Top 3 Requirements:

1. Strong experience with data mesh principles and building data products

2. Advanced expertise with BigQuery and related GCP services

3. Excellent communication and collaboration skills

**This role is open for a limited time. Next steps will be shared with shortlisted candidates ASAP. Due to the high volume of applicants, we may be unable to reply to each applicant individually. If you have not received a response within 48 hours of your application, please assume that you have not been selected for progression to the next stage of the hiring process