OCTA Hoofdkantoor Data Engineer Amsterdam, Almere

Octa; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company laptop

Travel allowance for commuting

Job summary

OCTA Farmacie Groep in the Netherlands is seeking an experienced data engineer to help build our data warehouse, owning the product and coordinating with business stakeholders.

You will work within a team with a Tech Lead and Product Owner, translating requirements into scalable solutions and delivering dashboards to internal clients.

The role offers a 40-hour week, hybrid work two days in the office, a monthly gross salary between €5,800 and €7,800, and a path to a permanent position.

Qualifications

• Senior-level full-stack development experience.
• Strong backend with Python.
• Experience with modern web architectures and API design.
• Experience leading a domain or product.
• Clear separation between Tech Lead and product responsibilities.
• Strong communication and business-minded.
• Excellent Dutch language skills (speaking & writing).
• Experience with AI/ prompting (LLMs or AI integrations).

Responsibilities

• Translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Writing production-ready code that connects external data sources to our data warehouse.
• Making data from the data warehouse available to internal clients via dashboards.
• Actively communicating with internal clients and stakeholders.
• Ensuring code quality, architecture and best practices (in line with Tech Lead guidelines).

Skills

Senior full-stack developer

Backend with Python

API design

Domain ownership

Stakeholder communication

Dutch language

AI prompting

Job description

OCTA Farmacie Groep is a nationwide pharmaceutical organisation with over 900 employees. OCTA comprises pharmaceutical wholesalers, institutional pharmacies, Central Filling hubs and more than 50 community pharmacies across the Netherlands. See also www.octa.nl .

What will you be doing?

For a strategic development project, we are looking for an experienced data engineer who can help build our data warehouse. In this role, the candidate will combine strong technical execution with ownership of the product and direct coordination with business stakeholders.

The engineer will work within a broader engineering structure in which a tech lead is responsible for the overarching technical vision and for coaching developers. There is a product owner who assists with sprint planning and communication with internal stakeholders.

Team structure

• Tech lead (architecture, coaching, standards)
• Product owner (sprint planning, consultation with stakeholders)
• Product team:

What do you bring to the table?

• Senior level (extensive experience as a full-stack developer)
• Strong backend focus using Python
• Experience with modern web architectures and API design
• Experience leading your own domain or product
• Comfortable in an environment with a clear separation between the Tech Lead and product responsibility
• Strong communication skills and business-minded
• Excellent command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written, is required.
• Experience with AI / prompting (e.g. working with LLMs or AI integrations)

Key responsibilities

• Translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Writing production-ready code that connects external data sources to our data warehouse
• Making data from the data warehouse available to internal clients via dashboards
• Actively communicating with internal clients and stakeholders
• Ensuring code quality, architecture and best practices (in line with Tech Lead guidelines)

Technical stack

What do we offer you?

• A gross monthly salary of between €5,800 and €7,800 (based on a 40-hour week), depending on your knowledge and experience.
• 8% holiday pay.
• A 12-month contract based on a 40-hour week, with the prospect of a permanent position.
• The option to work hybrid, requiring you to be in the office for at least two days a week.
• A company laptop.
• Travel allowance for commuting.
• A challenging role within a rapidly developing organisation, with scope for initiative and growth.

Please note: for this position, we are only considering candidates who currently reside in the Netherlands and have a good command of the Dutch language, both spoken and written. Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

(We do not welcome recruitment approaches in response to this vacancy.)