Vacature Data Engineer Utrecht | Scale-Up with Millions in Funding is Building a Platform for a Sustainable World | Python, Airflow, Kafka, Kotlin, Spring Boot, AWS, Elasticsearch | €80.000 + Stock Options

Job vacancy: Data Engineer Utrecht

  • Would you love to make a direct impact on sustainability and do this for a tech scale-up with millions in funding?
  • Are you a backend engineer with a JVM background who has transitioned into Data Engineering? Then this is a unique opportunity to apply your software engineering skills in a data-intensive environment.
  • Do you enjoy working on complex technical challenges with technologies such as Python, Airflow, AWS, Kotlin, Spring Boot?

Don’t wait any longer, because opportunities like this don’t come every day!

Your Employer: Well-Funded Tech Scale-Up Making a Huge Impact on Sustainability!

Some companies stay under the radar for a long time, and when they finally gain recognition, people think: I wish I had been there when they were still smaller. Well, you’re in luck. This Silicon Valley-backed tech scale-up is actively making a substantial impact on global sustainability using bleeding-edge technology. Companies like this are rare in the region.

The mission is clear: focus on the industry with the highest potential for sustainability impact, recruit the brightest minds, and tackle an incredibly complex technical domain. By doing so, this company has ventured into uncharted engineering territory. Their achievements have secured millions in funding, allowing them to further push their innovation. The results speak for themselves, with major clients such as Google and the world’s largest electric car manufacturer!

The company originated in the Netherlands, so their development hub is located in the heart of Utrecht. You will work in a flat, transparent organization, where engineers enjoy a high degree of freedom and trust. The company has embraced remote work (one day per week in the office), allowing you to fully control your working hours, with untracked vacation days.

Your Role: Data Engineer Utrecht

As a Data Engineer Utrecht, you will join a highly skilled and experienced cross-functional team of passionate engineers. Naturally, you will collaborate closely with other full-stack developers. You and your team will tackle various big data challenges, focusing on their highly available and distributed systems. Additionally, you will contribute to the backend, ensuring maximum impact!

Here, you will work at the intersection of backend and data engineering: building scalable data processing systems, optimizing APIs for data access, and developing reliable event-driven architectures.

A recent challenge? Scaling a distributed data processing system that analyzes real-time energy data and makes decisions within milliseconds.

What is Required?

  • A technical Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (e.g., Computer Science or A.I.)
  • At least 3 years of professional Data Engineering experience
  • Experience in backend development is a plus
  • Experience with Python and/or Airflow
  • Experience with Kotlin, Java, and/or Scala is a major plus
  • Experience with Kafka is a plus
  • Experience with AWS and/or Kubernetes is a plus
  • Experience with Elasticsearch is a plus

What is Offered?

  • Salary up to €80.000 depending on knowledge and experience
  • Stock options!
  • Flexibility to work 32, 36, or 40 hours per week & complete control over working hours
  • Remote and on-site work options
  • 28 vacation days, but they are not tracked
  • Laptop of your choice

Have you always wanted to work for a well-funded tech scale-up that develops products for a sustainable world?

Then apply via the form below or send your CV to Roy Schaper at r.schaper@codeguild.nl

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