Client-Facing Data Engineer, Amsterdam (Hybrid)

EPAM Systems; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer based in Amsterdam to work hybrid with Dutch clients, turning business needs into technical solutions. You will lead multi-cultural teams, design data-driven architectures and drive production-grade delivery from client sites.

Responsibilities include building data-intensive systems, APIs and pipelines, guiding senior stakeholders, and applying CI/CD, observability and security practices across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience building data-intensive systems, APIs, pipelines or distributed apps.
• Practical experience with at least one major cloud platform (GCP, Azure or AWS).
• Understanding of modern engineering practices: automated testing, CI/CD, observability, security, IAM, production ops.
• Experience directing coding agents through data engineering specs.
• Knowledge of full data lifecycle: ingestion, modeling, transformation, governance, consumption.

Responsibilities

• 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, IAM, and production ops.
• 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.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architectures

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Kubernetes

APIs & services

AI tools & GenAI

Client engagement

Data lifecycle

Security & IAM

Tools

Terraform

Databricks

CI/CD tooling

Job description

EPAM Systems seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer based in Amsterdam to work hybrid with Dutch clients, turning business needs into technical solutions. You will lead multi-cultural teams, design data-driven architectures and drive production-grade delivery from client sites.

Responsibilities include building data-intensive systems, APIs and pipelines, guiding senior stakeholders, and applying CI/CD, observability and security practices across the project lifecycle.