Data engineer

As a Senior Data Engineer / Technical Lead, you will join a strategic Data & Analytics team responsible for building and maintaining enterprise-wide data solutions within the Azure ecosystem.

You will act as the technical reference for Data Engineers, ensuring architectural alignment, technical quality, and adherence to engineering standards. In addition to your leadership responsibilities, you will actively contribute to the development and maintenance of data pipelines supporting critical business initiatives.

Working closely with Data Platform Architects, you will play a key role in shaping the evolution of the data platform while promoting best practices across the organization.

Your Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize data pipelines within the Azure ecosystem

• Act as the technical authority and reference point for Data Engineers

• Validate pull requests, conduct peer reviews and ensure compliance with engineering standards

• Coach and mentor junior and mid-level Data Engineers

• Translate architectural guidelines into actionable technical implementations

• Collaborate closely with Data Platform Architects to ensure alignment between architecture and delivery

• Contribute to the design, evolution and continuous improvement of the enterprise data platform

• Recommend technical solutions adapted to different Data Warehouse layers (ingestion, transformation, consumption)

• Develop and maintain scalable, reliable and high-performance data solutions

• Support dimensional data modelling and collaborate with data modelers on robust data structures

• Ensure data quality, operational reliability and performance optimization

• Provide structured feedback to improve tooling, methodologies and engineering practices

• Contribute to the maturity and continuous improvement of Data Engineering practices across the organization

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems or equivalent experience

• Proven experience as Senior Data Engineer, Technical Lead or Data Platform Engineer

• Strong leadership and coaching capabilities

• Ability to guide technical decisions and support multiple teams

• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Autonomous, proactive and solution-oriented mindset

• Analytical, structured and detail-oriented approach

Technical Skills

Mandatory

• Azure Synapse Analytics

• Azure Data Factory (ADF)

• Mapping Data Flow (MDF)

• Databricks

• PySpark

• SQL

• Data Pipeline Design & Optimization

• Data Warehouse Concepts

• Dimensional Modelling (Star Schema)

• Azure Data Ecosystem

• Code Review & Technical Governance

Nice to Have

• Power BI

• Semantic Data Modelling

• Experience with enterprise-scale data platforms

Languages

• English: Fluent

• French: Fluent

• Dutch: Good knowledge

Soft Skills

• Natural leadership and coaching mindset

• Strong communication and influencing skills

• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly

• High level of autonomy and ownership

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Structured and quality-oriented approach

• Continuous improvement mindset

• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

If you are passionate about Data Engineering, Azure technologies and technical leadership, and you want to contribute to the evolution of large-scale data platforms, this opportunity is for you!

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Nexeo is currently looking for a Senior Data Engineer / Technical Lead for one of the leading insurance companies in Belgium. Nexeo is a consultancy company that supports its clients in the banking, finance and insurance sectors throughout all phases of their transformation projects: from business consulting to the implementation of IT solutions. As a consultant, you will have the opportunity to be part of Nexeo: * International environment (Offices in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland & Canada) * +450 employees * Over 20% growth each year