Forward Deployed Engineer

• Work directly with clients and users to understand business and system challenges, identify problems, and define technical approaches
• Design architectures, write and review production code, and integrate with existing systems
• Build data-intensive systems, APIs, services, pipelines or distributed applications
• Lead technical discussions, explain trade-offs to senior stakeholders and make credible engineering decisions
• Direct coding agents through spec-driven development in data engineering contexts
• Apply modern engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, identity and access management, and production operations
• Reason about end-to-end systems, not just individual components
• Create leverage by providing technical direction, splitting work between onsite and remote teams, and removing ambiguity and blockers
• Enable distributed, multi-cultural engineering teams to deliver effectively
• Work regularly from client locations in the Netherlands and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences

• Data software engineering experience and expertise, with knowledge of the current technology landscape
• Experience designing and building data-intensive systems, APIs, services, pipelines or distributed applications
• Practical experience with at least one major cloud platform, preferably GCP, Azure or AWS
• Understanding of modern engineering practices including automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, identity and access management, and production operations
• Experience directing coding agents through spec-driven development in data engineering
• Working knowledge of the full data lifecycle: ingestion, modeling, transformation, quality, governance and consumption
• Experience using modern AI coding tools or agents as part of professional software development, with the judgment to validate their output and use them safely
• Demonstrated experience working directly with clients and business stakeholders
• Ability to take an incompletely defined problem and independently drive it toward a working solution

Nice to have

• Dutch language proficiency, particularly for engagements with Dutch public-sector organizations or locally oriented enterprises
• Experience designing or deploying LLM/GenAI applications, including retrieval-augmented generation, agents, tool use, structured outputs and evaluation
• Familiarity with modern data platforms such as Databricks or comparable technologies
• Experience with containerization, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience in regulated environments such as financial services, government, healthcare or critical infrastructure
• Experience leading workshops, discovery sessions or technical client engagements
• Experience mentoring engineers or acting as technical lead for multidisciplinary or distributed teams
• Experience creating reusable engineering assets, accelerators, reference architectures or internal developer platforms

• 26 paid holiday days
• Pension plan scheme
• Disability insurance (WGA Shortfall insurance)
• Long-term disability insurance (WIA Top up insurance)
• EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Commuting to work - costs reimbursement
• Laptop + corporate simcard + corporate mobile device (subject to certain eligibility requirements)
• Bike lease
• Employee Assistance Program
• Corporate Programs including Employee Referral Program with rewards
• Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses