Medior Azure Data Engineer In Product Development

Data Engineer Position At Stantec Nederland

Are you a passionate data engineer who enjoys working on innovative data services? Join us at Stantec Nederland for groundbreaking projects. Your expertise will help improve our living environment, accelerate the energy transition, and reduce societal costs. Be part of a team that creates, builds, and delivers sustainable solutions with real impact! At Stantec, we use modern technologies and extensive environmental knowledge to help our clients. With the Bodemrisicokaart, we provide quick and affordable advice on underground risks such as soil contamination, explosive war remnants, groundwater levels, archaeological and ecological values. Our product is deeply embedded with major national data sources that are far from being fully developed. Additionally, machine learning will play a central role in the coming years, where both data engineers and data scientists play a crucial role in its implementation in our big data landscape. As a Data Engineer, you will be the driving force behind designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and innovative data services. You will design and build CI/CD-based ETL pipelines within a solid structure of Azure Landing Zones, enabling us to realize and prepare secure, scalable, and future-proof data solutions for machine learning applications. You will also be responsible for improving our products by using advanced algorithms and big data technologies, such as Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory. You will play a crucial and leading role in developing and managing our data infrastructure, making a difference. You will have the freedom to experiment and work with the latest technologies in your field. There is plenty of room for your own ideas, come on through! The multicultural team you will join combines expertise in (geo)data engineering, software development, automated testing, UI/UX design, and environmental management. The team language is English, but the organization itself is Dutch. As a dev team, we meet at least once a week in Delft for planning, retro, and refinement. A joint lunch is more the rule than the exception. We also make periodic trips to our other offices in the Netherlands. Our way of working is scrum-infused with agile thinking. We primarily focus on developing and delivering long-term solutions that solve problems for an entire industry or market. Currently, we are focused on accelerating the energy transition, automated ETL processes, and smarter data analyses using the latest techniques. We see this way of working as an excellent fit for maintaining and increasing engagement with the client, organization, and team members. As a team, we set clear goals and results, giving the development team the freedom to decide how best to achieve them. What are your main responsibilities?

• Designing and developing data services: You are responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable and innovative data services within the Azure Landing Zones.
• Building data systems and ETL pipelines: Structuring, scaling, and further automating existing ETL processes for processing large amounts of raw and (un)structured (spatial) data.
• Collaborating with other specialists: You work closely with other developers, domain experts, and analysts to ensure that data becomes actual information.
• Improving data quality and efficiency: You understand the data models and data protocols in the market, and through domain knowledge, you come up with new insights and proposals.
• Experimenting with new technologies: You have the freedom to experiment with the latest technologies, contributing to the development of your field within the dev team and sharing this knowledge by guiding colleagues and mapping out risks or opportunities of proposed solution directions.

And of course, the working conditions are important. Based on a 40-hour workweek, you will receive:

• A good salary, plus an end-of-year bonus.
• The possibility to flexibly allocate (part of) your secondary benefits with your personal choice budget.
• 28 vacation days, with the option to buy (extra) leave days.
• A remote work arrangement: We provide a good workplace at home and you receive a monthly net internet allowance of €36.10.
• Flexible work: At one of our offices in Arnhem, Delft, Breda, Eindhoven, or Sittard, at home, or at a client location. This international team meets one day a week (mandatory) at our office in Delft, periodically alternating with other offices.
• A fun job of 32, 36, or 40 hours per week.

Qualifications: What do you bring with you?

• Hard skills
• Experience in designing ETL pipelines on Azure with Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Data Lake Storage
• Experience working with PostgreSQL/PostGIS
• Experience in Python and SQL
• Knowledge of conceptual data modeling (ERD and UML)
• Good command of the English language in speech and writing
• Soft skills
• You do not hesitate to experiment and test hypotheses without knowing the exact outcome
• You are able to explain complex issues within your field to a wide audience
• You share your ideas proactively and enjoy it when your colleagues do the same
• You strive for quick failure to learn faster and proactively share these experiences
• You gain energy from working in a team and can concretize the added value of working in a team
• Background
• A completed higher professional education (HBO) or university degree (WO) in Computer Science, Informatics, Geoinformation, Geomatics, or similar
• It is preferred if you have experience with version control tools (GIT preferred)
• Knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) and tools such as FME or QGIS
• Experience with data preparation for machine learning
• Good command of the Dutch language in speech and writing

About Stantec: Making a sustainable Dutch living environment a reality, that's what we care about. Think about accelerating the energy transition, future-proof spatial development, a healthier environment, and reliable underground infrastructure. With smart and creative solutions. By thinking, advising, and realizing for our clients. This is how we shape sustainable change. We do this worldwide with 31,000 colleagues. Here in the Netherlands, we work with almost 400 professionals in inclusive teams. Of course, we are also actively working within our organization to reduce our carbon footprint smartly. We are fully CO₂-neutral and have been scoring high on ADP climate leadership for 5 years. Want to know more about our culture? Learn more at: https://www.stantec.com/nl/careers/our-culture

Additional Information: If you want more information about the position, please contact Christiaan Jolly, Product Owner, tel: 06-22775689. Apply now or send an email with your CV and optional cover letter to hr.continentaleurope@stantec.com. An assessment may be part of the procedure. Recruitment following this vacancy is not appreciated.