Senior Data Engineer

full-time, Amsterdam, Data, IT/Software Development

Your mission

As a Senior Data Engineer at Sam Media, you will be responsible for the development and maintenance of our data pipelines, data warehouses, and other data-related infrastructure. Your role will be crucial in ensuring that data is collected, processed, and made available for analysis, enabling data-driven decision-making across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Data Pipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain scalable and efficient data pipelines to collect, process, and transform data from various sources into a usable format.

  2. Data Warehouse Management: Manage and optimise our data warehouse to ensure high performance, availability, and data integrity.

  3. Data Integration: Integrate and consolidate data from multiple sources, including databases, APIs, and external data providers.

  4. ETL Processes: Create and maintain ETL processes to move, clean, and transform data for analysis and reporting purposes.

  5. Data Quality Assurance: Implement data quality checks and monitoring processes to identify and rectify data inconsistencies or anomalies.

  6. Performance Tuning: Monitor and optimise data pipelines and databases for performance, scalability, and reliability.

  7. Collaboration: Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that meet their needs.

  8. Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of data engineering processes, configurations, and best practices.

Your profile

  • Proven experience in data engineering or a related role.

  • Proficiency in data integration, ETL processes, and data warehousing.

  • Strong Python programming skills. Skills in PHP are nice to have.

  • Experience with database technologies, data modeling, real-time data and SQL query optimization.

  • Familiarity with data orchestration and workflow management tools (e.g., Apache Airflow).

  • Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP) and their data services.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, diverse, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.

Why us?

  • We offer a Competitive salary in line with market conditions and your skills and experience;

  • We offer flexible working schedules;

  • Established in 2006, we are a market-proven, well-established, international company with an informal culture. We trust our team members to get the job done, how they do it is up to them;

  • We invest in the personal development of each Sam Median by taking courses, attending conferences, and other learning opportunities;

  • We have regular team(building) events, including lunches, a monthly office birthday celebration, and a yearly company trip;

  • We offer visa sponsorship and a comprehensive relocation package when applicable.