Senior Data Platform Engineer / Lead Data Engineer

Job Description

Senior Data Platform Engineer / Lead Data Engineer

Role Overview

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