Data Engineer - Passenger Flow & Platform Services 260901-JAS-001

ITproposal BV

Wilrijk (Antwerpen), Belgium

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Part-time (≤ 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

Dutch, English

Job source

europa.eu

Tech stack

Clean Code Principles Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Automation of Tests Microsoft Azure Big Data Cloud Computing Databases Continuous Integration Database Queries DevOps PostgreSQL Machine Learning

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SQL Azure OpenShift RabbitMQ Redis Software Engineering Systems Integration System Availability Reliability of Systems Backend Git Flow Core Data Kubernetes Celery Restful APIs Data Pipelines Databricks

Job description

Role Objective: Build, scale, and maintain the core data platform, backend applications, and REST APIs for real-time passenger timeslot services and operational capacity balancing. Act as a bridge between product owners, data scientists, and engineering teams to deliver reliable, production-grade solutions.
Backend & API Engineering: Develop and maintain robust Python backend services and REST APIs for internal and external consumption.
Data Pipelines & Integrations: Construct reliable data pipelines and integrations to support real-time operational workflows and capacity products.
Cloud & Operations: Deploy, manage, and monitor applications in Azure and Kubernetes/OpenShift production environments.
Reliability & Incident Management: Drive high availability, platform resilience, continuous improvements, and rapid troubleshooting/incident response.
Data Science Productionization: Operationalize and scale machine learning models and data science products into production.
Engineering Standards: Enforce CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, clean code practices, and modern software engineering standards.

Requirements

Backend & APIs: Strong professional experience with Python backend engineering and REST API design.
Cloud & Containers: Hands-on deployment and management in Microsoft Azure (including Azure Database for PostgreSQL) and Kubernetes/OpenShift.
Databases & SQL: Advanced proficiency in PostgreSQL and complex SQL querying.
DevOps & Delivery: Production monitoring, troubleshooting, CI/CD pipeline setup, and Git workflows.
Integration: Proven record of delivering data-intensive platforms and external-facing APIs.
Languages: Professional fluency in English (team operations) and Dutch (stakeholder collaboration).
Preferred Skills:
Big Data: Experience with Databricks.
Asynchronous Processing: Familiarity with Celery, RabbitMQ, or Redis.
System Resilience: Background supporting high-availability or mission-critical enterprise environments.