Data Engineer & Scrum Master

Vanderlande delivers advanced baggage handling systems for over 600 airports globally, transporting more than 4 billion pieces of baggage per year. In the parcel market, our solutions handle 52 million parcels daily. With these systems generating immense amounts of data, our goal is to build data-driven services that enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Join our Digital Service Platform team to contribute to Vanderlande’s journey toward data-driven innovation.

Your role

In this dual role as Data Engineer and Scrum Master within the Operational Awareness - Warehouse team, you will leverage your technical expertise in data engineering while facilitating agile practices within the team. Your work will provide customers with actionable insights into the performance of material handling systems, while also fostering a collaborative, efficient, and transparent team environment. This role requires a proactive, self-reliant professional with great communication skills.

• Act as the Scrum Master for your team, fulfilling Agile responsibilities such as facilitating ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives).
• Support team development by promoting Agile best practices, guiding team growth, and fostering a collaborative and transparent work environment.
• Proactively remove impediments to ensure smooth progress and empower the team to achieve sprint goals.
• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end data pipelines and solutions that deliver insights to maximize customer value.
• Enable the availability and accessibility of data across teams to support our digital platform.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across Vanderlande to ensure alignment and drive data solution adoption.
• Standardize software, maintain high-quality engineering practices, and promote best practices in data management and analytics.
• Collect, analyze, and act on feedback to continuously improve the standardized product offerings.

Requirements

• Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in data engineering, including building, deploying, and maintaining complex data pipelines.
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification, and/or at least 2 years of hands-on experience fulfilling Scrum Master responsibilities within a team.
• Skills and Tools:
  • Strong experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Splunk, PowerBI, Tableau).
  • Experience with streaming/batch storage (Kafka, Oracle) and API development is a plus.
  • Proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience in data modeling.
  • Knowledge of different types of databases, event processing tools (Databricks, Splunk, ELK stack), and schema formats (JSON/XML/Avro).
  • Experience deploying services in containers (e.g., Docker) and working with cloud services (preferably Azure).
  • Familiarity with DevOps principles and agile project management tools (e.g., JIRA).
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, capable of breaking down large tasks and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to coach, guide, and motivate a multidisciplinary engineering team.
  • Skilled in fostering an open, respectful team culture with a focus on agile values.
  • Strong communicator in English, able to bridge technical and non-technical discussions effectively.

What we offer

In this challenging and responsible position, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Your application

Are you interested in this position? Then apply now directly on our workday vacancy link with your resume please.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.