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ThoughtBot

Senior Data Engineer - Enterprise Data Warehouse & Lakehouse Solutions

Hybrid

Brussels, Belgium

Senior

Freelance

30-10-2025

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Skills

Python SQL Data Mining Docker Kubernetes Monitoring Test Architecture Databases Analytics Snowflake Talend Spark Databricks

Job Specifications

We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Data Engineer - Enterprise Data Warehouse & Lakehouse Solutions fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in Belgium. The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on-site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated with the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Your tasks

Development and maintenance on Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW) and complex Business Intelligence Solutions (Data Lakes / Data Lakehouses);

Design and development of data pipelines for scalable and reliable data workflows to transform extensive quantities of both structured and unstructured data;

Data integration from various sources, including relational databases, APIs, data streaming services and cloud data platforms;

Optimisation of queries and workflows for increased performance and enhanced efficiency;

Writing modular, testable and production-grade code;

Ensuring data quality through monitoring, validation and data quality checks, maintaining accuracy and consistency across the data platform;

Elaboration of test programs;

Document processes comprehensively to ensure seamless data pipeline management and troubleshooting;

Assistance with deployment and configuration of the system.

Requirements

University degree in IT combined with relevant IT professional experience of 13 years;

At least 5 years of experience in relational database systems applied to data warehouse, data warehouse design & architecture;

At least 5 years of experience in code-based data transformation tools such as Data build tool (dbt), Spark;

At least 5 years of experience in SQL and data integration and ETL/ELT tools;

Hands-on experience as Data Engineer in a modern data platform and on data analytics techniques and tools;

At least 3 years of experience in Python and orchestration tools such as Airflow, Dagster;

At least 3 years of experience in data modelling tools as well as online analytical data processing (OLAP) and data mining tools;

Experience with data platforms such as Fabric, Talend, Databricks and Snowflake;

Experience with containerised application development and deployment tools, such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes;

Excellent command of the English language.

About the Company

We focus on delivering high-performance and premium services to diverse organizations. ThoughtBot is a team of software engineers, programmers, technology experts and technical recruiters who work together to provide our clients with outstanding services. What we do? * IT Consultation * IT Staffing * Web Development * Mobile App Development * IT Consultation In this high-tech and digitalized world, you may be stuck in certain things. You need to analyze your current business practices, approach and standings in technologie... Know more