AWS Data Platform Engineer | Data Solutions on Kubernetes

Datashift; Antwerpen; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Entrepreneurial team

High-quality work environment

Growth opportunities with Datashift

Training and development

Job summary

Datashift is seeking an AWS Data Platform Engineer to build and evolve a robust data platform on AWS. You will own infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and scalability, enabling teams to deliver reliable data products.

Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Business Consultants to translate requirements into production-grade solutions, while coaching junior engineers and shaping the platform strategy. You will work across Mechelen, Leuven and Gent offices.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in data/platform engineering or equivalent roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing data solutions on AWS.
• Experience building/infrastructure with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Hands-on with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience with networking, security, and access control in AWS.
• Experience deploying and maintaining deployment pipelines with Git (GitHub/GitLab or similar).
• Proficient in writing clean, well-structured Python code.
• Contributed to production-grade deployments.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and continuously improve containerized data platforms with Kubernetes at core and AWS infrastructure behind.
• Shape infrastructure to be industrializable and future-proof while considering cost, performance, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with Data Architects to evolve platform components and data infrastructure.
• Balance cost, performance, and maintainability in new designs and improvements.
• Stay up to date with data technology developments and share knowledge with colleagues.
• Coach junior and mid-level data engineers.

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Python

Networking

AWS Security

Job description

Datashift is seeking an AWS Data Platform Engineer to build and evolve a robust data platform on AWS. You will own infrastructure, CI/CD, monitoring, security, and scalability, enabling teams to deliver reliable data products.

Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Business Consultants to translate requirements into production-grade solutions, while coaching junior engineers and shaping the platform strategy. You will work across Mechelen, Leuven and Gent offices.