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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Adyen N.V. - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Airflow, Big Data, Software Quality, Data Architecture, Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Apache Spark, Git, Pytest, Pyspark, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.nl/details/5821225976 ## About the Role * Experienced in Big Data: 3+ years of experience working as a Data Engineer or in a similar role. * Data & Engineering practices: You have a solid understanding of both Software and Data Engineering practices. * Technical Super Star: Proficient in tools and languages such as: Python, PySpark, Airflow, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, SQL, Git. * Clear Communicator: Able to effectively communicate complex data-related concepts and outcomes to a diverse range of stakeholders. * Self-starter: Capable of identifying opportunities, devising solutions, and handling projects independently. * Innovator: You have an experimental mindset with a 'launch fast and iterate' mentality. * Data Culture Champion: Skilled in promoting a data-centric culture within technical teams and advocating for setting standards and continuous improvement. ## Description At Adyen, we treat data and data artifacts as first-class citizens. They form our backbone and drive the business and product insights we generate. To this end, Adyen is looking for a Data Engineer II to join our team in Amsterdam. This role requires a solid understanding of both the business context and its data needs, with a focus on building high-quality data pipelines on our Big Data Platform. As a Data Engineer at Adyen, you will be instrumental in maintaining our data infrastructure and ensuring smooth data flows across systems. What you'll do * Collaborative Solution Development: Engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, including data scientists, analysts, software engineers, product managers, and customers, to understand their requirements and craft effective solutions. * Quality Pipelines and Architecture: Design, develop, deploy and operate high-quality production ELT pipelines and data architectures. Integrate data from various sources and formats, ensuring compatibility, consistency, and reliability. * Data Best Practices: Help establish and share best practices in performance, code quality, data validation, data governance, and discoverability in your team and in other teams. Participate in mentoring and knowledge sharing initiatives. * High Quality Data and Code: Ensure data is accurate, complete, reliable, relevant, and timely. Implement testing, monitoring and validation protocols for your code and data, leveraging tools such as Pytest. * Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and systems. Improve query performance and resource utilization to meet SLAs and performance requirements, using technologies Spark optimizations., We know companies handle different definitions for their data-related positions, this is for instance dependent on the size of a company. 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