Senior Data Platform Engineer / Lead Data Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain a modern, cloud-based data platform on Microsoft Azure for a large-scale financial services environment, supporting critical data workloads for the Swiss Stock Exchange. The role involves leading legacy-to-cloud migrations, driving data transformation initiatives, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams in an agile setup.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in building and maintaining data pipelines on public cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure preferred) or Big Data platforms such as Hadoop / Cloudera
  

• Strong expertise in relational databases and advanced SQL
  

• Hands-on experience with:
  

  • Azure Databricks
    

  • Apache Spark
    

  • Azure Data Factory
    

  • NoSQL data stores
    

  • Data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical)
    

• Solid understanding of Data Warehousing and Big Data architectures
  

• Experience working in Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban, SAFe)
  

• Familiarity with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence
  

Requirements
Location: Hybrid (On-site & Remote) – Netherlands