
Data Engineer (Data Engineering Platform) – Brussels (Near Site) – International Organisation
**Duties \& Role:**
· Design, build, and maintain data pipelines (batch and streaming)
· Develop and manage data transformation and modeling workflows
· Deploy and maintain production-grade data solutions
· Work with distributed data processing platforms (e.g., Databricks)
· Ensure data quality, reliability, and performance optimization
· Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
· Support data platform architecture evolution (lakehouse / warehouse)
· Monitor pipelines and troubleshoot bottlenecks or failures
· Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and confidentiality policies
· Document solutions and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
**Skill, Knowledge \& Experience:**
* Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering
* Strong experience in:
- Python
- SQL
- PySpark
* Minimum 3 years of experience with dbt (data build tool) including:
- Data transformation
- Data modeling
- Testing
- Deployment in production
* Minimum 3 years of experience with Databricks or similar distributed processing platforms
* Excellent English (min. C1 level)
* Bachelor's degree in:
* Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering (or equivalent)
* Strong experience delivering data pipelines in production environment
**Desirable Skills:**
· Experience with Oracle databases and dbt adapters (e.g., dbt-oracle)
· Experience designing data warehouses / lakehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Delta Lake)
· Experience with Kafka / Kafka Connect (streaming pipelines, real-time ingestion)
· Experience with orchestration tools:
- Apache Airflow
- Databricks Workflows
· Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi)
· Experience with cloud platforms:
- Azure
- AWS
- GCP
· Knowledge of data governance and metadata tools (e.g., Collibra)
**Location:**Brussels (Near Site)