Junior Data Engineer

Solita; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Head office Leuven

Satellite office Ghent

Wellbeing program

Mentoring & coaching

Job summary

Solita Belgium is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to join our team and grow into a trusted data consultant through hands-on project work, coaching, and learning.

You’ll work with experienced data professionals on client projects, building pipelines, transformations, and platform development while learning about cloud data platforms and engineering tools. English plus Dutch or French are required, with a recent IT/data/AI degree and a hands-on mindset.

Qualifications

• Recent degree in IT, computer science or data/AI engineering.
• Strong technical foundation with motivation to grow into a consultant role.
• Willingness to learn cloud data platforms and engineering tools in practice.

Responsibilities

• Design and contribute to modern data solutions in client projects.
• Work with senior consultants to build and maintain data pipelines, transformations, and integrations.
• Learn and apply cloud data platforms and engineering tools in real projects.
• Contribute to testing, validation and continuous improvement of data solutions.
• Translate business needs into practical technical work with your team.
• Collaborate with customers and develop consultancy skills over time.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud technologies

Data pipelines

Transformations

Integrations

Communication skills

Education

Recent degree in IT / computer science / data AI engineering

Tools

Cloud data platforms

Job description

We are looking for a Junior Data Engineer to join our team in Belgium and grow into a trusted data consultant through hands-on project work, coaching, and learning.

At Solita, we help organizations create impact from Integrated data & AI. In our data community, we design and build modern data platforms, scalable pipelines, and practical solutions that help our customers make better use of their data.

In Belgium, you’ll join a growing local team while also being connected to a broader European community of experienced consultants and data specialists. Values like caring, easy-going, passion and courage highlight our culture where we always try to find the balance between our consultants, our customers and Solita.

Your role in a nutshell

As a Junior Data Engineer, you’ll start your consulting career by working alongside more experienced colleagues on customer projects. This is a hands‑on entry role for someone with a technical background who is ready to learn how modern data solutions are built in real project environments.

You’ll receive on‑the‑job training, coaching, and support from senior consultants while developing your skills in data engineering and customer work. Your colleagues will learn you the tips & tricks on how to develop customer relations, and will motivate you to support Solita with knowledge sharing, internal contributions

Over time, you’ll grow towards independently contributing to data pipelines, integrations, transformations, and platform development, and making impact at customers and internally at Solita.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the design and development of modern data solutions in customer projects
• Working with senior consultants to build and maintain data pipelines, transformations, and integrations
• Learning how to use cloud data platforms and engineering tools in practice
• Contributing to testing, validation, and continuous improvement of data solutions
• Turning business and user needs into practical technical work together with your team
• Participating in customer collaboration and developing your consultancy skills over time

What you bring

We’re looking for someone early in their career with a strong technical foundation and the motivation to grow into a consultant role.

You might be a great fit if you have:

• A recent degree in IT, computer science or data/AI engineering
• A technical mindset and genuine interest in data engineering and cloud technologies
• Good communication skills and the willingness to work in a consulting environment and develop commercial skills
• Fluency in English and in either Dutch or French
• Any hands‑on experience from studies, internships, thesis work, personal projects, or student jobs related to data and AI is a big plus

We do not expect you to know everything already. What matters most is your learning ability, your problem-solving mindset, and your interest in building technical solutions that create value for customers.

What kind of environment you’ll join

You’ll work with experienced data professionals who are happy to share what they know. Solita has a supportive culture with mentoring, coaching, and cross‑unit learning, where people are not left alone and growth is supported through collaboration and meaningful client work.

You’ll also be part of a trust‑based and easy‑going work culture where freedom comes with responsibility, and where learning happens both in projects and across the wider community.

What we offer

• A strong start to your consulting career in data engineering
• Flexibility, trust, and room to grow your role over time
• Company events to connect, informal gatherings
• A head office in Leuven with a big terrace overlooking Leuven, ideal for afterwork drinks, barbecues and cozy lunches. A second satellite office in Ghent for local team bonding
• A wellbeing program to support our employees

We’re especially interested in your potential, mindset, and motivation to grow.

Please note that for this role, we are looking for candidates based in Belgium, with professional English and either Dutch or French skills for customer collaboration. Unfortunately we are not able to offer VISA for this position.