Functional Data Engineer - HQ Brussels

Editx; Brussel; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

BNP Paribas Fortis in Brussels is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Data Tribe. You will design and build scalable data stores and pipelines, enabling APIs, reporting and analytics while ensuring security, governance, and GDPR compliance.

You will collaborate with internal clients and cross-functional teams, translating business needs into models for developers, and driving improvements in data quality and performance to support real-time analytics and AI-powered decisions within the bank's

Qualifications

• Design and build optimized data stores for APIs, reporting, and analytics.
• Enable data-driven decision-making with reliable datasets for BI and analytics.
• Collaborate with internal clients and cross-functional teams to translate needs into data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain optimized data stores tailored for APIs, reporting, analytics, and BI tools.
• Enable data-driven decision-making by delivering reliable, accessible data services.
• Collaborate with internal clients and teams as a trusted partner across the organization.
• Ensure compliance and risk management with GDPR and banking security policies.
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, efficiency, and innovation.

Skills

Data modeling

Data pipelines

Agile teamwork

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

YOUR JOB IN A NUTSHELL

The Data department builds and maintains both future-ready and traditional data platforms, tools, and services to ensure easy, secure data access. It empowers data consumers with self-service capabilities while upholding governance and quality standards.

The department delivers scalable, compliant, and user-centric data solutions to meet business needs. Within this framework, the Tribe designs and implements structured, optimized data stores for APIs, reporting, and analytics. They ensure compliance, security, and governance of data assets through modern data management practices, supported by high-quality documentation and tooling. Their mission is to enable reliable, scalable, and well-governed data consumption across the organization.

At BNP Paribas Fortis, you will contribute to innovation by designing advanced data pipelines and infrastructure that power AI, real-time analytics, and strategic decision-making as part of our digital transformation.

As a Data Engineer, you will address challenges such as scalability, latency, and compliance, ensuring secure, high-quality data flows while collaborating in Agile teams. Your work will unlock data-driven insights, combining technical excellence with regulatory requirements to shape the bank’s future.

The Tribe Data Services comprises over 160 colleagues, organized into more than 10 squads, primarily based in Brussels, with some team members working nearshore or offshore.

AND IN DETAIL

As a Functional Data Engineer, you will:

• Build and maintain optimized data stores by designing, developing, and ensuring well-structured, high-performance data assets (e.g., databases) tailored for APIs, reporting, analytics, and BI tools.
• Enable data-driven decision-making by delivering reliable, accurate, and accessible data for business intelligence, reporting, and analysis services while maintaining related infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal clients and teams as a trusted partner, understanding stakeholder needs, guiding them on data solutions, and working cross-functionally while adhering to Tribe methodologies and standards.
• Ensure compliance and risk management by strictly following data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR) and banking security policies, mitigating risks in data collection, processing, and storage to safeguard client and institutional data.
• Drive continuous improvement by proactively identifying opportunities to enhance data quality, efficiency, and innovation, whether through new tools, automation, or process optimizations, while aligning with business and regulatory requirements.
• Collect the data from the source and design it into models that will be used by developers. In this role you are the bridge between the business needs and the developers. You translate requests into models that will be interpreted by the developers.
• Uphold data quality and governance by implementing validation rules, monitoring and metadata management to maintain accuracy, consistency and compliance.
• Support stakeholders and troubleshoot issues by resolving data incidents (e.g., broken pipelines, latency problems) and partnering with analysts, product owners, or business teams to translate requirements into technical solutions such as creating self-service datasets or optimizing queries for reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).