Data Engineer

Homerun B.V.; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Bonus program

Training budget

Team events

Job summary

Valona Intelligence in Amsterdam is seeking a senior data engineer to own end-to-end dataflows, from ingestion to API delivery. You will build scalable ELT pipelines, validate and transform data, and collaborate with AI teams to apply Foundry tools.

The role offers hybrid work, a salary of €54,000–€59,500 gross per year, a pension, a bonus program up to 10% of gross salary, and a budget for training. You should bring strong Python, SQL, and Azure experience and enjoy shaping data products.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and SQL skills for data ingestion, cleaning, and transformation.
• Experience with ELT processes, data modeling, and schema mapping.
• Comfort with Azure cloud services and modern data tooling.

Responsibilities

• Run data platform ingestion, validation, and transformation to clean tables.
• Develop end-to-end dataflows from ingestion to API exposure.
• Write and optimize SQL and Python, including stored procedures and CI/CD pipelines.
• Review code, write tests, and maintain reliable, scalable data pipelines.
• Use AI tools daily to aid coding and data integration.

Job description

Valona Intelligence — Amsterdam

We are a team of4engineers, mostly based in Amsterdam, with people from many different countries. Most of us aremedioror senior, so you will have experienced colleaguesto learn from.WithinValonathe team is part of a large Tech unit with engineers working across the globe.We value initiative, both inside the team and with therest of the business.For example, if you see a way to make a dataflow more useful for the business, we expect you to bring that idea forward yourself, not wait to be asked.

As you grow into the role, you will take on more complex dataflows and more responsibility. There is no fixed ladder,but on a small team your growth is visible, andyoutalk about it directly with your manager.

About Valona

Valona is a recognized leader in Market & Competitive Intelligence platforms and services segment. Valona serves leading global enterprises in Europe and North America. Valona’s offering is recognized by Gartner and Forrester as market-leading and the company has invested significantly in AI capabilities, essential in a fast-changing market.

At Valona, our vision is Turning knowledge into a decisive advantage. We believe in pushing one another to learn, grow, and step outside of our comfort zones. We have a supportive environment that fosters personal and professional development. You get to work with skilled and curious colleagues, and be part of a growing AI company.

Valona has operations in multiple locations in Europe and offices in North America, and we employ 25 different nationalities in our team.

Key details

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid

Whatyou'll bedoing

You help run our data platform:getting data in,validating,cleaningand transformingit into clean tables, and making it available to the rest of the company. You also help us use AI in this work.

• Collect structured and unstructured data with Python scrapers and API connectors.

• Handle the first steps of our ELT process: validation, normalization, schema mapping, and entity mapping (matching the same company, product, or source across different datasets), so other teams get clean, reliable tables.

• Write and improve SQLthat turns raw data into clean staging and processed tables. This is a mix of Python and SQL work, moving between the twoasneeded. You alsowrite stored procedures, and followbestpractices for schema design, indexing, and storage.

• Betheprimary developer of one or more dataflows end-to-end, from ingestion all the way to the API that exposes the data to other teams and systems.

• Debugand fix problems fast, usinglogs, metrics, and alerts.

• Review code, write tests, and keep the codebase clean. Improve each part of the system you touch.

• Use AI tools daily to help you code (forexampleClaude Code). Connect your data to the AI agents our AI team builds in Microsoft Foundry, by exposing clean, well-structured data and APIs they can use.

  Projects in your first year

  • Add new types of data as the business grows, forexamplepatent data or financial data.

  • Improve our tools for matching public data to our own records.

  • Help the business with data quality, such asfixmappings, updating records, or making manual changes when needed.

  Ongoing work

  • Build and maintain Python ingestion jobs and SQL-based ELT pipelines, moving between the two as the work needs.Keep the pipelines simple, modular, and easy tomonitor.

  • Development and maintenance of our CI/CD pipelines and follow the internal workflow

  • Monitor data pipelines in Azure and via Power BI.

  • Help keep the data platform reliable, scalable, and secure.

  • Follow and expand on good practices for design, testing, and documentation.

  • Build andmaintainthe Azure infrastructure needed for data ingestion and transformation.

  • Use AI tools where they help, from coding assistants to connecting our data to the agents our AI team builds.

  Tech stack

  • Python (including Pandas, Selenium, and our internal libraries)

  • SQL (SQL Server Management Studio)

  • API integration (REST,GraphQL)

  • Azure DevOps (CI/CD pipelines)

  • Git

  • Docker and Azure Container Registry

  • Azure Function Appand Azure Durable Function

  • Azure Logic App

  • AI coding tools, such as Claude Code

  Toolsyou'll also use

  • Microsoft Foundry (formerly Azure AI Foundry)

  • Azure App Services

  • Fabric

  • Spark includingPySpark

  • Azure Storage (Blob, Table, Queue)

  • Azure Monitor / Application Insights

  What We're Looking For:

  • Salary range (depending on experience): €54.000 - €59.500 gross per year on a basis of a 40-hour work week.

  • Competitive compensation package, including a 8% holiday allowance and a performance bonus of up to 10% of gross salary.

  • A senior, client-facing role with real ownership and room to grow with the company.

  • Pension, bonus program, and a budget for internal and external training on the path you choose.

  • A team that works and celebrates together: dinners, BBQs, boat trips and padel.

  What we offer:

  • Salary range (depending on experience): €54.000 - €59.500 gross per year on a basis of a 40-hour work week.

  • Competitive compensation package, including a 8% holiday allowance and a performance bonus of up to 10% of gross salary.

  • A senior, client-facing role with real ownership and room to grow with the company.

  • Pension, bonus program, and a budget for internal and external training on the path you choose.

  • A team that works and celebrates together: dinners, BBQs, boat trips and padel.

  Why Valona

  Valona Intelligence, a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave for Competitive and Market Intelligence solutions, combines the deepest validated market and competitive intelligence sources with CMI expertise and accountable AI — giving business leaders a clear understanding of what is happening in their markets, and what it means for their next move. Valona has served global enterprises since 1999.

  This role has real scope, real impact, and no bureaucracy.

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