Data Platform Lead: Architecture, Pipelines & Reliability

Jacobs Douwe Egberts UK; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

JDE Peet’s is seeking a Data Engineering & Platform Lead to guide the Data Engineering & Platform chapter. You will own architecture, platform standards and the reliability of the Data & AI platform, partnering with IT, security and product teams to deliver scalable data products and AI solutions.

You will lead a high-performing data engineering team, drive DataOps and MLOps practices, and manage cost and vendor relationships while aligning with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in data engineering, platform engineering or solution architecture, with leadership experience.
• Deep expertise across modern Data & AI platforms (Azure, Databricks) and cloud-native data architectures.
• Strong experience with data engineering practices, SQL, Python, Spark, CI/CD and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and grow the Data Engineering & Platform chapter, building a high-performing team culture.
• Define and maintain engineering, architecture and platform standards across the Data & AI function, ensuring DataOps, MLOps, IaC and security best practices.
• Own end-to-end solution architecture across the Data & AI tech stack, ensuring scalable, secure and enterprise-aligned solutions.
• Lead the development and operation of data pipelines, platform capabilities and SAP integrations for trusted data products and AI solutions.
• Drive platform reliability, security, DevOps and MLOps capabilities, including CI/CD, automation, monitoring, governance and support.
• Manage platform costs, vendor relationships and roadmaps, identifying opportunities for optimization and innovation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Databricks

SAP integration technologies

Cloud-native data architectures

SQL

Python

Spark

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

JDE Peet’s is seeking a Data Engineering & Platform Lead to guide the Data Engineering & Platform chapter. You will own architecture, platform standards and the reliability of the Data & AI platform, partnering with IT, security and product teams to deliver scalable data products and AI solutions.

You will lead a high-performing data engineering team, drive DataOps and MLOps practices, and manage cost and vendor relationships while aligning with enterprise standards.