Data Engineer - Data Lake & Analytics (Hybrid)

Unilever; Rotterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension & bonus

Hybrid working

Travel opportunities

Homeworking allowance

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Data Engineer for the Benelux region to build and maintain data systems, creating datasets for analysis and enabling reliable data-driven decisions. The role collaborates with data scientists and engineers to support predictive and prescriptive modelling across the BNX area.

The position is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, or Brussels, Belgium, with local employment conditions. Fluency in English and Dutch is required; French is a plus.

Qualifications

• MSc in a relevant field and strong analytical capability.
• 5+ years of working experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Experience with data science tools (e.g., R).
• Background as a data engineer or software developer.
• Fluent in English and Dutch; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Turn raw data into structured datasets for analysis.
• Support reporting and analyses to improve business decisions.
• Develop data extraction/transform pipelines for modelling.
• Improve data quality and reliability across data sources.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts and architects.
• Maintain accessible data work for colleagues and teams.
• Stay up-to-date with industry standards and tech advances.

Skills

Strong communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Data trends awareness

Collaboration

Data models & data mining

SQL database design

Numerical & analytical

Programming languages (Python, Java, R

Hadoop familiarity

Data security & governance

English & Dutch fluent

Education

MSc in Computer Science / Data Science / MIS / Statistics / Analytics

Data engineering certification (IBM or similar)

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Java

Hadoop

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Data Engineer for the Benelux region to build and maintain data systems, creating datasets for analysis and enabling reliable data-driven decisions. The role collaborates with data scientists and engineers to support predictive and prescriptive modelling across the BNX area.

The position is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, or Brussels, Belgium, with local employment conditions. Fluency in English and Dutch is required; French is a plus.