Data Engineer Software Development

Job description

We are an innovative organization dedicated to transforming our business through data-driven decision-making. Our Business Intelligence (BI) & Analytics team is building a state-of-the-art platform based on Microsoft Fabric, enabling the company to unlock insights and deliver high-quality analytics. Join our team and play a key role in the development and optimization of this new platform.

Simply pursuing a successful business is no longer enough nowadays. Positive contributions to the planet and society at large are more important every day. At ORTEC our drive is to help our customers to use their data in a smart way to be more efficient, adaptive and sustainable. How nice would it be to have an inspiring job in an innovative industry and contribute to a better world? Well, this is your chance!

You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain a robust data architecture using Microsoft Fabric. This platform will empower our organization with advanced analytics, business insights, and data-driven decisions. Your responsibilities will include building, testing, and optimizing data pipelines, integrating data sources, and ensuring data availability and quality across various systems.

As we believe it is very important to stay ahead of the latest technology, knowledge sharing is very important to us. As a data engineer you play a role in the research and assessment of the latest possible technologies and analytics features, discuss them with and learn from your team members on several topics.

You are part of our internal business intelligence team, based in the Netherlands. We love technology and we love to make a difference for our stakeholders in various business domains within ORTEC. We have daily stand-ups, using the agile/scrum methodology and work as a team in a hybrid mode: a few days in the office, other days from home while having regular team meetings and some (online) social events as well.

In short: working with the latest BI & analytics technologies to support our organization tomorrow, together with a great team.

Who are you

You are inquisitive, creative and enthusiastic about sharing your ideas and know-how and you are eager to continuously develop yourself while developing, maintaining and supporting our data & analytics related products and services.

Furthermore:

• You have at least 2 years’ experience with data integration, ETL processes, and database management in medium and/or large sized organizations.
• Basic understanding of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and data governance best practices.
• Security, compliance, performance and scalability is the base your work from
• You have experience on the Microsoft Azure platform or Microsoft Power BI and have worked with one or more tools like Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse and Azure ML.
• You have strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Azure SQL).
• You have some programming skills and experience with languages like DAX, Python and Scala or open to learn them
• You’ve worked with CI/CD (like Azure DevOps) and versioning control systems
• You are currently living in the Netherlands and able to fluently communicate in English (verbally and in writing). It’s a big plus when you have at least basic proficiency in Dutch.
• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

What we offer

• We believe in commitment: your permanent contract will be waiting for you
• Entrance to the most passionate powerhouse in applied mathematics
• Join our company and improve the world
• Enjoy an open, kind and fun culture
• Mobility allowance of 3% of your base salary
• Year-end bonus equal to a full month’s pay
• NS Business Card, lease opportunity or commuting allowance: it’s your choice
• 25 annual leave days, additional days from the age of 35
• Active employee association for fun activities with colleagues and content driven Young ORTEC for you to join
• Football table, our own bar the “ORtap”, Christmas party, annual barbecue at one of our founders’ home, and much more

What to expect

We will help you to thrive in your field of expertise. We offer development programs, tailored to your individual needs and function requirements, including opportunities to attend courses and seminars. We offer challenging, practical hands-on experience with opportunities to work abroad. We operate in a flat organizational structure that keeps communication lines short. The atmosphere is open, informal, cooperative and positive. We employ over 1000 people in the Netherlands (HQ), Belgium, Germany, France, the U.K., Romania, Italy, the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Poland, Denmark and Singapore.