Senior Data Engineer

We are searching for a Data Engineer to keep our data foundation strong and improve our raw data flows. You will be responsible for loading and storing all data the company produces and that are the basis of our success. 

Studyportals Headquarters is in Strijp-S, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Flexibility to work hybrid.

About Studyportals.  

We change the lives of millions of students and leave the world a bit brighter than we found it. Every minute 100 students from around the world trust our platforms (e.g., mastersportal.com) to find their best matching education for free. At the same time, we help educators diversify their (international) student population and reduce dropouts.  

With forty different nationalities among the 150 people working at Studyportals, we are an international bunch of people. Eager to learn and serious about fun. Want to know more?  

Why are we searching for you? 

We accumulate loads and loads of data. We want to make informed choices throughout the business. Thus, we need you to keep the data flowing and to unlock it for other data and business functions. The data needs to be complete, correct and up to date. 

We want you to create and maintain high-quality data pipelines and to control our data life cycle. Many decisions and revenue streams depend on accurate data. Data is vital information to us that needs to be available anytime and for anyone who might need it. Your future team is the place in the company where all data comes together. From online tracking, marketing, CRM, or other sources. You are at the basis of the power to combine all this information to make the right choices. 

You will need to talk to software engineers, to data analysts, and to other business functions. Thus, strong communication skills are definitely an advantage for applying and for working at Studyportals.  

By taking this on, you will be helping everyone at Studyportals to make informed data-driven decisions based on high-quality data. And with that you will help thousands of students everywhere. 

What does your team look like? 

At Studyportals, the Big Data & Business Intelligence Team is responsible for delivering quality data for the rest of the company. You will be joining an existing team of four members – a Big Data Team Lead reporting to the CTO, two Data Analytics Engineers, and a BI Analyst. All very smart people! Big Data is part of the Product Engineering department that is about 40 in size. As the Data Engineer you will be at the strong foundation of the data-value pyramid. You will make sure all our data is always complete and up to date so that your colleagues can process them and distill insights from them. At the end this will enable data-informed decisions across the business. 

What are your responsibilities and tasks? 

• You design, build and take ownership of robust and scalable ETL pipelines with data quality in mind. You manage the data with AWS systems like EMR, Redshift, zero-ETL, and Glue 
• You operate and continuously improve our modern data platform. You maintain and upgrade tools like Airflow, dbt, Redshift and Grafana. 
• You ensure reliability and high data quality in production. You keep an eye on pipeline health and cloud services, assess incidents confidently. 
• You actively shape our cloud infrastructure and architecture. You contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code and confidently challenge architectural decisions for sustainable solutions. 
• You optimize performance and cost efficiency across our data stack and proactively think about scalability as our data and business grow. 
• You empower colleagues with great data. You support stakeholders, provide trusted second opinions to the whole team, and ensure our data assets are secure and documented. 

What are we are looking for? 

• 4 or more years of hands-on Data Engineering experience in production cloud environments 
• Strong Python (PySpark) and SQL skills with a focus on clean, maintainable code 
• Experience with modern data stack tools such as Airflow, Fivetran, dbt, and AWS 
• Proven track record building and operating robust, scalable ETL pipelines 
• Strong understanding of data modeling, incremental loading and data quality practices 
• Having experience with streaming processing is a plus 
• Experience optimizing warehouse performance and managing cloud costs 
• Analytical mindset with a focus on root-cause thinking and sustainable solutions 
• Ownership mentality with the confidence to challenge architectural decisions 
• I'm looking for an excellent communicator. Someone with a positive and proactive mindset (love it, change it, or leave it). You are dedicated and you never give up 
• Fluent in English, we are a strongly international team with 40+ nationalities in-house! 

• Competitive salary including a bonus and pension. 
• 32 vacation days (including bank holidays) you have the flexibility to take your holidays whenever you want (e.g., be off on Chinese New Year instead of King’s Day) 
• Reimbursement of your work-related travel costs. 
• Flexibility to work remotely 3 days per week, including a remote working allowance. 
• Possibility to work from abroad 2 times a year. 
• An annual personal development budget because personal growth is KEY! 
• A nice and fun office in the heart of Eindhoven; five minutes’ walk away from the station.