Senior Data Engineer - Azure Synapse & Databricks

Sire Search; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sire Search in the Netherlands seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and optimize enterprise data products using Azure Synapse and Databricks in a banking/financial services context.

You will develop scalable ELT/ETL pipelines, apply Medallion architecture, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, and collaborate with analysts, architects and product owners to modernize the data platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer.
• Strong experience with Azure Synapse Analytics and Azure Databricks.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark.
• Experience building ELT/ETL pipelines and data warehousing solutions.
• Hands-on with Azure Cloud, Data Factory, DevOps, Git, REST APIs, and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines with Azure Synapse and Databricks.
• Build scalable ELT/ETL frameworks and reusable data components.
• Develop and maintain APIs and data products.
• Improve data quality, reliability, and performance.
• Support platform modernization and migration initiatives.
• Collaborate with analysts, architects, product owners, and engineers.
• Contribute to CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and automation.
• Drive knowledge transfer and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

Python

SQL

PySpark

ELT/ETL pipelines

Data warehousing

Data modelling

Lakehouse architecture

Medallion Architecture

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Azure Data Factory

Azure DevOps

Git

Stakeholder management

Dutch & English fluency

Tools

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Databricks

Databricks Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Azure Data Factory

Azure DevOps

Git

REST APIs

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Sire Search in the Netherlands seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build and optimize enterprise data products using Azure Synapse and Databricks in a banking/financial services context.

You will develop scalable ELT/ETL pipelines, apply Medallion architecture, Delta Lake and Unity Catalog, and collaborate with analysts, architects and product owners to modernize the data platform.