Principal Data Engineer

Revodata; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tech Playground

Unlimited Learning

Fun Clubs

Work-Life Balance

Wellbeing Budget

Allowances

Pension Plan

Permanent Contract

Lunch at Office

Quarterly Events

Workations

Pet-friendly Office

Job summary

RevoData is seeking a senior data platform leader to guide Databricks-based implementations from idea to reality. You will shape architectures, govern pipelines end-to-end, and elevate the team through reviews and strong technical leadership.

This role sits in a hybrid setup with Amsterdam HQ, offering meaningful client work across Europe and opportunities to grow Databricks expertise deeply.

Qualifications

• Led data platforms from idea to reality, owning outcomes.
• Architectural decisions, governance, and scalable foundations.
• Shaped platforms across ingestion to consumption with Databricks.
• Able to define approach and first steps in unclear environments.
• Balancing pragmatism with high quality and tangible impact.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data platform outcomes and architecture.
• Lead cross-functional teams including engineers and product owners.
• Define foundational design choices, governance, and deployment patterns.
• Mentor and elevate team capabilities through reviews and collaboration.

Skills

Databricks

Technical Leadership

Data Platform Architecture

Platform Governance

Job description

RevoData is a boutique Data & AI consultancy and proud Databricks Gold partner. We focus exclusively on Databricks, allowing us to go deep and do things properly. We help companies across Europe unlock the value in their data, helping them design and build scalable platforms that support real business use cases.

We foster a no-ego, no-nonsense culture where collaboration, proactivity and knowledge sharing are part of everyday work.

Sound like your kind of environment? Then keep scrolling!

About you

You’ve reached the point where you don’t just build data platforms – you shape how they should exist.

You walk into environments where things are unclear, sometimes messy, sometimes politically complex – and you bring structure, direction, and calm. Not by overcomplicating things, but by making the right things simple.

At RevoData, you operate at the intersection of deep Databricks expertise, technical leadership, and client trust.

We’d love to talk if

You’ve led data platforms from idea to reality – more than once
Not just contributing, but owning the outcome. You’ve made architectural decisions, dealt with the consequences, and improved things along the way.

Databricks is a tool you truly understand, not just use
You don’t just implement pipelines – you shape how platforms are structured. From Delta Lake design decisions to Unity Catalog setup and governance, you define foundations that scale. You’re comfortable working across the platform: orchestrating with Workflows, structuring code and deployments properly, and thinking through how data flows from ingestion to consumption.

You bring structure where there isn’t any
You can take a vague ambition ("we need a data platform") and turn it into something concrete – defining approach, architecture, and first steps without needing everything handed to you.

You balance pragmatism with quality
You know when to push for a better design, and when to move forward with something "good enough for now." You don’t get stuck in theory, but you also don’t create future problems.

You raise the level of the people around you
Through reviews, discussions, and the way you work, you make others better – without it feeling forced or hierarchical.

You influence decisions in the grey area between tech and business
You can challenge assumptions, explain trade-offs, and guide decisions – whether you’re speaking to an engineer, a product owner, or a CTO.

If you’ve built strong data platforms on other stacks and want to specialise in Databricks quickly, we’ve created a path to get you there. Let’s talk.

Nice to have

• Databricks certifications (Data Engineer Professional, Machine Learning Engineer Professional etc.)
• Databricks Champion status
• Fluency in Dutch

What we offer

• Tech Playground: Love experimenting? So do we. Play around with Databricks, Terraform, Terragrunt, Asset Bundles, CI/CD, monitoring & alerting tools, Cursor and more.
• Unlimited Learning: Take advantage of our partner academies, weekly workshops, and lunch & learns.
• Fun Clubs: Join our climbing club, padel club, language club or start your own club!
• Work-Life Balance: We trust you to get the job done – whether you’re an early bird or a night owl. Our hybrid set up includes Wednesday’s at our HQ in NDSM, typically two days at the client’s office and the rest is up to you: work from home or join us at the office.
• Wellbeing Budget: Monthly €75 net wellbeing budget to spend however you like – some recent spends have included gym memberships, bouldering shoes, a Calm-app subscription or a trip to the hairdresser!
• Allowances: Every month work from home, travel & internet/phone allowance.
• Additional Perks: Pension plan, permanent contract, lunch at the office, quarterly events, workations & a pet-friendly office in the heart of NDSM!

We appreciate a CV that goes further than listing your job experience. We appreciate a CV that goes beyond your experience – a picture of your pet, a podcast you’re currently enjoying or a fun fact are always welcome!

We value getting to know you better, and our final interview takes place in person at our Amsterdam office. Please note, we cannot provide visa sponsorships as we are not registered as a referee employer with the IND.

Additional info

• We are open to hiring at Principal level for this role. Our Principal salary range is €90,000-€110,000 per year. As part of the hiring process, candidates are benchmarked during the technical assessment. If your skills and experience align more closely with a different level, we will discuss the corresponding salary band with you.