Data Engineer
Data Engineer
Belgium, Kortrijk
Our mission
In 2016, our founders wanted to feed their dogs - named Edgard and Cooper - pet food they could feel good about. The kind of food that was as good for the planet as it was for their pets. But when they couldn't find this, they decided to make their own. Now, 8 years later, our pack has 200 employees.
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What type of breed are we looking for?
As a Data Engineer, your job is all about designing and adding to the scalable systems that can handle our data. You'll make sure our systems are always up to date with the latest business needs, find cool new ways to gather important data, and make sure everything runs smoothly.
Your main goal is to make our data work for us, whether that means improving our products, keeping customers happy, or helping our commercial, finance and operations teams. You'll work closely with other teams, using your tech skills in things like cloud platforms, data pipelines, ETL processes, and database management, while also being great at managing projects and talking to non-techies about what you do.
What will be in your bowl?
- Conceptualize, design, implement, and maintain ETL processes, databases, and large-scale processing systems for scalability and efficiency.
- Align architecture with evolving business needs in collaboration with the Data Architect.
- Identify strategic data acquisition opportunities and streamline data ingestion, cleaning, and exporting processes.
- Seamlessly integrate systems using Python and other tools to optimize interoperability.
- Proactively enhance data reliability, efficiency, and quality.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to address business challenges and optimize operational processes.
- Optimize data workflows and automate processes to support Finance and Operations teams.
- Develop and maintain data models and pipelines for research, reporting, and machine learning.
- Champion best practices and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
What skills & tricks should you bring?
Technical skills:
- Coding proficiency: Skilled in Python (Polars) and SQL, with potential exposure to dbt for specific use cases. Spark knowledge is a plus.
- Database mastery: Expertise in managing and optimizing PostGreSQL and MySQL.Version control: Git, including platforms like Gitlab and Azure DevOps.
- CI/CD: In-depth knowledge and practical experience in Gitlab and Azure DevOps for continuous integration and delivery.
- API mastery: fast API, REST API, and Data API for seamless integration.
- Scheduling excellence: Utilize Airflow for efficient task scheduling.
- Containerization: Docker for containerized application deployment.
- Orchestration: Kubernetes for effective container orchestration.
- Cloud expertise: Managing data and its security within Azure (main) and Google Cloud Platform.
- Infrastructure-as-code: Terraform for efficient infrastructure management.
Business skills:
- Ability to work on a dynamic team that has concurrent projects
- Time and project management skills are crucial, especially as they'll need to adeptly juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Communication skills, especially for explaining technical concepts to nontechnical business leaders
More interested in a Data Analyst role? You're lucky because we're currently seeking candidates for that position as well! Here's the link.
Our benefits
- Competitive package including meal vouchers and DKV hospitalization insurance
- Gym membership at our office
- Certified B Corp Employer with supportive policies and practices to ensure we are one happy pack
- Company retreats to meet each other in person
- Flexibility to work from home
- Pets at work so everyday is bring your pet to work day
- Unlimited Pet food for your furry friend whilst you are with us
- Volunteer Leave to contribute to a cause we believe in
- Wellbeing program access to qualified counselling
- ️ 26 days paid holidays a year
- Learning opportunities in a truly international environment that will give you extensive responsibility but also guidance as you need it.
Hiring Process ️♀️
- Online assessment (50')
- Phone screening with HR (30')
- Competency based interview with Data Lead + stakeholder (60')
Ideal start date: What are your plans tomorrow?
Equal opportunities
We believe the strength of a pack comes from its diversity. So no matter who you are, where you come from, what you believe in or what your dreams are, we welcome you and look forward to receiving your application.
Accessibility: Our HQ office and satellite sites are wheelchair accessible