Data Engineer

PostNL; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 51,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary between €4,588 and €6,498 gross

Hybrid working with flexible hours

8% vacation pay and 25 vacation days

Travel allowance or NS Business Card

Pension plan through PostNL

Laptop and smartphone

Training opportunities via Mijn Leerpl

Discounts on holidays/events/products

Job summary

PostNL in the Netherlands is looking for a Data Engineer to create data products powering insights, dashboards and algorithms across the IT for IT domain. You will design, build and maintain data products from ingestion to delivery, ensuring reliability and reusability for reporting and analytics.

You’ll join the central data team, work with Databricks and dbt, and help shape a new data engineering capability for the domain, including ELT/ETL pipelines and scalable data models.

Qualifications

• Higher vocational or university degree relevant to data engineering.
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong SQL skills and experience designing reusable data products using dimensional modelling.
• Hands-on experience with dbt and/or Databricks and building ELT/ETL pipelines in production environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, preferably within AWS environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain data products powering insights, dashboards and algorithms.
• Build ELT and ETL pipelines and scalable data models for the IT for IT domain.
• Collaborate with central data teams to ensure data quality and governance.

Skills

SQL

Dimensional modelling

dbt

Databricks

ELT/ETL pipelines

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Higher vocational or university degree in data engineering

Tools

Databricks

dbt

AWS

Job description

As a Data Engineer, you create the data products that power insights, dashboards and algorithms across our IT for IT domain. You build a new data capability, work with Databricks and dbt, and make a visible impact every day within the largest e-commerce operations of the Netherlands.

Why join PostNL as a Data Engineer

• Visible work: everything built on top of data starts with your work. The dashboards, analyses and algorithms used across our organization depend on the quality of the data products you create.
• Challenge: you will help shape a growing IT for IT data capability while contributing to our transition towards dbt and Databricks. Your ideas and expertise will directly influence our future data foundation.
• Good atmosphere: you’ll work with colleagues who seize opportunities, share knowledge and help each other move forward.
• Flexibility: you'll work from home and at a flex spot in our state-of-the-art office in the historic Stationspostgebouw next to Holland Spoor station.
• Responsibility: you’ll have a large degree of ownership over your data products and the way you organize your work.
• Development opportunities: you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take courses and grow into other positions or departments.

Your role

As a Data Engineer, you will initially join the central data team within the Data Foundation department. Together with experienced data professionals, you will design, build and maintain the data products that support the IT for IT domain. You take ownership of data from ingestion to delivery and make sure it is reliable, reusable and ready for reporting, analytics and innovation.

As the IT for IT data capability grows, you will become part of a dedicated domain team. You will work closely with the central data platform team to align on standards, governance and architecture. At the same time, you will help shape a new data engineering capability for the domain. You will build ELT and ETL pipelines, develop scalable data models and contribute to the ongoing transition towards dbt and Databricks.

Your colleagues

You will work in a multidisciplinary team consisting of data professionals, analysts, engineers and IT specialists. Together, you support the IT for IT domain with reliable data solutions and insights. Collaboration is key. From the start of a project until delivery, you work closely with colleagues to ensure data products meet quality standards and create value for the business. You will also stay connected to the central Data Foundation team, where knowledge sharing, innovation and continuous improvement are part of everyday work.

What we’ll deliver

An innovative position and work that affects literally every street in the country. PostNL wants to be the logistics e-commerce platform of the future, delivering special moments faster, smarter and better. With your mindset, you can help PostNL face its challenges head on. You can count on excellent benefits in the process. The benefits of your position are:

• Salary between €4.588 and €6.498 (scale 11) gross per month at 37 hours per week. But 32 hours is possible too!
• Hybrid working is encouraged and you’ll have flexible working hours. Employees who work from home more than two days a week get an allowance of €45 net per month.
• 8% vacation pay and 25 vacation days on a full-time contract.
• Travel allowance for commuting from 6 km each way up to a maximum of 70 km each way, or an NS Business Card for business travel and commuting.
• A good pension plan through the PostNL pension fund.
• Laptop (Mac or Windows) and a smartphone.
• Training opportunities for personal development through Mijn Leerplein.
• Discounts on holidays, events and products.

What you bring to the job

You enjoy working with complex data challenges and have a strong focus on quality. You are proactive, analytical and able to work well with different stakeholders. You like building sustainable solutions and take ownership of your work. At the same time, you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and sharing knowledge to create the best results together.

You also have the following qualities:

• You have a higher vocational or university degree relevant to data engineering.
• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• You have strong SQL skills and experience designing reusable data products using dimensional modelling principles.
• You have hands‑on experience with dbt and/or Databricks and building ELT/ETL pipelines in production environments.
• You have experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, preferably within AWS environments.