Senior Python Software Engineer

Join the Squad Delivery Insights Dashboard team as we provide performance insights to hundreds of Rabobank squads. We are looking for a senior software engineer with strong engineering fundamentals to help build the core components of our data platform. Whether your primary background is in Python or another modern software engineering ecosystem, we value excellence in software design, engineering practices, and building maintainable systems. We are looking for someone who takes initiative, is eager to learn new skills, communicates openly, and thrives in a collaborative environment.

You & your role

Create clean, reliable, and reusable software components and services that power ingestion, transformation, and data-driven products. You’re not a “data engineer”; you’re a software craftsman in a data environment. You build reusable, scalable, and high-quality components that make our data platform robust and future-proof.

While our current implementation is built in Python, we believe that strong software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectural thinking are transferable across technologies. Therefore, we welcome experienced software engineers from different language backgrounds who are willing to learn and work with Python.

Examples for practices

• Build modular Python packages using modern engineering patterns and practices.
• Own artifact management end-to-end, including publishing, versioning and governance.
• Develop reusable components that fit into our Medallion Architecture.
• Integrate APIs aligned with OpenAPI standards and resilient design patterns.
• Ensure high code quality through testing, automation, linting, scanning, and robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Work across our technology stack: Azure Synapse, Databricks, cloud storage (ADLS/S3), and containerized environments.
• Improve developer experience through standardization, shared components, and engineering best practices.
• Contribute to our transition toward a platform-agnostic, modernized data architecture.

Top 3 responsibilities

• Build reusable, scalable Python packages and services that support data ingestion, transformation, and product development across the organisation.
• Ensure high engineering standards through automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, governance practices, and continuous quality improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and platform teams to modernise data capabilities and improve developer experience across the technology landscape.

Together we achieve more than alone

We are curious about what you add to our team of Squad Metron.

The eight engineers of Squad Metron build and maintain the Squad Delivery Insights Dashboard that provides insights into Squad Performance for hundreds of squads within Rabobank. Collaboration is our approach; as Squad Metron, we create and evolve shared services and standards that accelerate innovation. Collaboration is our way of working; as one results-oriented team within Rabobank. We value continuous learning, technical excellence, and knowledge sharing. Together, we encourage experimentation while maintaining a strong focus on quality and reliability.

You & your talent

• Strong software engineering expertise, gained through building and operating production-grade applications and services.
• Professional experience with Python or another modern programming language such as Java, C#, Go, Scala, Kotlin, or similar, combined with a willingness to learn and work with Python.
• Solid grounding in software design patterns, architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and artifact management.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, distributed processing, and resilient integration patterns.
• Comfortable mentoring others and contributing to engineering standards.

Nice to have

• Infrastructure as Code experience.
• API management / gateway experience.
• Experience with platform modernization or cloud migrations.
• Familiarity with instrumentation and observability to monitor and improve system behaviour.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.