Data Platform Engineer

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As an experienced Data Platform Engineer, you'll design, build, and manage distributed data platforms like Airflow and Kafka. By leveraging event-driven architectures, you'll ensure performance, scalability and security, empowering over 500 colleagues with reliable data solutions. Ready to scale our data infrastructure and improve customer journeys?
How do I become a Data Platform Engineer at Coolblue?

As a Data Platform Engineer, you'll be at the forefront of designing, building, and operating distributed data platforms like Airflow and Kafka. Your focus will be on security, compliance, scalability, and flexibility. By leveraging event-driven architectures, you'll enhance the Customer Experience across various domains, from Marketing to Data Science. Supporting over 500 colleagues, you'll assist with troubleshooting, documentation, and training. As a data platform guru, you thrive on challenges related to scalability, system tuning, and automation (AWS, CDK, Terraform). You’re part of an international team of 5-7 Coolblue’ers, working closely with the Developers and the Analytics Platform Engineers. Outside your team, you often sync up with Cloud Engineers to enhance your platform deployment skills.

• Design data platforms on AWS/Google Cloud and introduce DataOps/SRE culture.
• Enable 70+ development teams to share data and help Analysts and Scientists gain new insights.
• Learn new technologies through courses, POCs, and hackathons.
• Work with AWS services and Docker to ensure scalable, secure data platforms.
• Engage with colleagues to spot and explore new opportunities.
• Work in an Agile environment, improving customer journeys.
• Code in Python and also learn about other languages.
• Share knowledge through pairing, code reviews, training, and coaching.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a comparable field.
• 3+ years (medior) or 5+ years (senior) of experience as a data platform engineer.
• Solid experience deploying distributed apps on the cloud using Airflow or Kafka.
• Skilled in Cloud Architecture on AWS and/or GCP.
• Expertise in Configuration Management with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration and monitoring tools like Datadog.
• Passionate about mentoring others to enhance their technical skills.

• A salary between € 3050 and € 7250, depending on your experience.
• Working together in an international environment with colleagues from the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, and many more.
• An extraordinarily good work environment. Where we interact as friends and you can just be yourself.
• Monthly drinks, freshly prepared snacks, legendary Coolblue parties and the best team activities.
• A fine balance between working at the office and working from home. Of course, we’ll help you create the best home-office possible. Including desk chair, laptop, and blue garlands.
• Plenty of room for your own ideas, initiatives and choices. You do your work your way.
• Travel allowance, a retirement plan and an allowance when you work from home.
• 25 leave days. As long as you promise to come back.
• A picture-perfect office at a great location. You could crawl to work from Rotterdam Central Station. We recommend just walking for 2 minutes, though.
• With over 100 training courses in our own Coolblue University, you become a little better every day.
• A discount on all our products