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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Datasnipper-they - **Location:** Netherlands - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Sql Data Warehouse, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Customer Data Management, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Performance Tuning, Query Optimization, BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM), Salesforce.Com, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Software Vulnerability Management, Cloud Platform System, Large Language Models, Snowflake, Backend, Data Layers, Core Data, Hubspot, Terraform, Optimizely, Docker - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-data-engineer-careers-datasnipper-com-9988033 ## About the Role * 7+ years in data engineering or a closely related backend/platform role, with a track record of owning a data platform area end to end * Deep SQL and strong Python, including query optimization and performance tuning on a cloud warehouse * Production experience with a cloud data warehouse (we use Snowflake) and a modern transformation framework (we use dbt) * Experience with event-driven / streaming ingestion and the failure modes that come with it (schema drift, duplication, late data, backfills) * Experience on a cloud platform at the infrastructure level (we're on Azure; AWS/GCP transfers fine) * Solid data modeling fundamentals and the ability to defend a modeling decision to both engineers and business stakeholders * Excellent communication in English and genuine comfort working directly with non-technical stakeholders * Experience in a startup or scale-up, especially as an early member of a data team * Bias to action, sense of ownership, and the judgment to prioritize independently when demand exceeds capacity, * Experience with product analytics tooling (Mixpanel, RudderStack) and warehouse-native BI (Netspring/Optimizely Analytics, Omni, Embeddable, or similar) * Experience building data products for AI or agent consumption - semantic layers, metrics layers, MCP servers, or governed self-service access * Experience with Terraform, Docker, and governance at scale * Reverse ETL experience and familiarity with CRM data models (HubSpot, Salesforce) or customer success platforms * Exposure to B2B SaaS usage-based pricing and entitlement data, or to audit/fintech ## Description * Own the event ingestion architecture end to end - Azure Event Hub, Snowpipe, Fivetran, and our shared Python/TypeScript event client libraries * Build and operate dbt transformation pipelines that stay reliable as volume, source count, and model complexity grow * Define and enforce event contracts and schemas so product teams can instrument new features without silent breakage downstream * Build reverse ETL and activation paths that push modeled data back into the tools the business works in - HubSpot properties and rollups, MongoDB, Postgres, and GTM reporting Modeling & Data Quality * Evolve the core data models (event, user, license, company) that everything else depends on * Own Snowflake performance and cost, and keep the platform's tech debt, dependency, and compliance obligations (audit logging, vulnerability remediation, Vanta evidence) from accumulating * Integrate and model new data sources across the business - product backends, MongoDB, HubSpot, billing, and third-party tools, * Build the guardrails and tooling that let product teams create events, models, and dashboards themselves * Contribute to the semantic / context layer so metrics have one agreed definition across BI tools, customer-facing dashboards, and LLM and agent consumers * Support the customer-facing analytics surfaces (in-product dashboards, standard and advanced data exports) with the aggregation and modeling work behind them * Improve documentation and definitions to the point where analysts, stakeholders, and AI agents can self-serve with confidence * Partner with Product, Engineering, CS, and GTM to turn vague data requests into scoped, well-defined work - and to push back when a request shouldn't become a pipeline ## Related Videos - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [40 Minutes to Build a Serverless COVID-19 REST and GraphQL APIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/208-40-minutes-to-build-a-serverless-covid-19-rest-and-graphql-apis) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk)