Senior Data Engineer

As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll combine your advanced technical expertise with leadership skills to design, develop, and manage ETL solutions within a dynamic and scalable data warehouse environment. You'll play a role in driving the success of our data organisation, ensuring technical excellence, and contributing to impactful data integration solutions. Every day, your work will directly support millions of euros raised for charitable causes, creating a meaningful global impact. Misaël van der Meer , Group Tech: "In my role I'm driven by a passion for data and technology. I strongly believe in the power of advanced data-driven marketing ideas, and I'm excited to facilitate them on a modern stack. Through our work we support millions of euros of charitable giving worldwide. We're making a difference today and creating an impact that really matters!''

What you'll do:

• Design and develop efficient ETL pipelines and workflows, ensuring the seamless ingestion and transformation of data from multiple sources into the data warehouse.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying bottlenecks, optimizing performance, and implementing scalable solutions to meet future demands.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration while setting best practices for development.
• Research and implement emerging technologies to enhance the data ecosystem and solve complex challenges.
• Partner with stakeholders, including data scientists, analysts, and product managers, to understand business needs and deliver impactful data-driven solutions.
• Uphold high standards for data quality, governance, and security, ensuring compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in defining the technical roadmap and aligning the data engineering strategy with broader organizational goals.

• You hold a university degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, with at least 6+ years of experience in data engineering or a related role.
• Have expertise in ETL processes, advanced SQL, and managing complex data structures, along with experience with cloud platforms (AWS and Snowflake).
• You have a strong understanding of data warehouse concepts, architectures, and the design of large-scale data systems.
• Are experienced with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab), and infrastructure as code, and have successfully implemented data workflows at scale.
• You're a proactive problem-solver with analytical skills, capable of identifying and executing optimization opportunities.
• You excel at leading and mentoring teams, and are comfortable driving technical decisions in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Experience with data governance, GDPR compliance, and security frameworks.

• A monthly salary indication between €5.700,- and €7.400,- based on a 40-hour week and flexible working hours., A solid foundation

You can count on a good salary, a variable year-end bonus, and an excellent pension plan.

Development

No matter your role, your growth is a priority. Our Lottery Academy offers plenty of training. You get the chance to move up and work on international projects.

Work and travel

You work in our sustainable building near Amsterdam Zuid station. Plus, if you have a contract for more than 24 hours, you get an NS Business Card. That means free travel all over the Netherlands, even outside work hours!

Fun

We celebrate successes together with monthly drinks and parties. You'll learn more about our charity partners during inspiring talks and activities. And there's plenty more to enjoy working here at the Lotteries.

Sports and relaxation

Join pilates, kickboxing, or bootcamp. Or book a chair massage, physiotherapist- or vitality coach session, right at the office. After work, your VIP-KAART gives you free entry to 180 museums and discounts on fun outings.

Work-life balance

For a good balance, you get 28 vacation days per year based on a 40-hour workweek, plus flexible hours. Becoming a mum or dad? Congrats! During your maternity or parental leave, you keep 100% of your salary.

The Group Tech department is the backbone of the Postcode Lottery Group. Working here, you'll be part of the team that bears responsibility for all IT operations, ensuring all lottery rounds run smoothly, developing and managing the necessary systems, and setting up and maintaining digital workstations for more than 600 employees. You'll collaborate with all the lotteries' departments and with external parties. You'll stay in close touch with colleagues at the Postcode Lotteries abroad, working with them to create the best IT solutions., The Postcode Lottery Group is a marketing-driven international non-profit organisation. We operate lotteries to raise funds for a fairer, greener and healthier world. Our players win with their neighbours and generate money for charities together - it's a win-win! Our purpose: a better world, for everyone Since our start in 1989, we have raised over €14.5 billion for thousands of charities. Together with our players and 1,500 fellow team members in the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany and Norway, you'll be helping to create a better world every day. Inclusion and equal opportunities People are at the heart of what we do. Whether it's our team, our players, or the thousands of good causes supported, our aim is to play our part in creating a fairer, more equal world. We are open to ideas and are committed to creating a culture that is inclusive, representative and celebrates diversity in everyone. But we are not perfect. We will always strive to do better - that's just who we are.