Senior Data Platform Engineer: AI & MLOps

WCC Group; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

WCC Group is seeking a senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable data platforms and AI-enabled data products. You will work hands-on across data pipelines, databases, and feature assets, collaborating with Data Scientists and Architects to ensure reliable production outcomes.

The role emphasizes strong engineering, pragmatic judgment, and ownership, with a hybrid work setup (60% in Utrecht office, 40% remote) and travel as needed to support global initiatives.

Qualifications

• Completed degree in a quantitative or technical field (Master's preferred).
• 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering, platform engineering, MLOps, or cloud engineering.
• Experience building scalable data platforms, pipelines, data lakes, data products in production.
• Strong architectural judgment and ownership over production outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable data platforms, pipelines, and data stores for AI-enabled capabilities.
• Ensure data quality, metadata, observability, and lineage across data products.
• Deploy and operate cloud-native components on AWS with IaC and automation.
• Enable Data Scientists to turn experiments and embeddings into production services.

Skills

Data engineering

Platform engineering

MLOps

Cloud engineering

English proficiency

SQL

Data modeling

Data quality

Observability

Python

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative/technical field

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

WCC Group is seeking a senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable data platforms and AI-enabled data products. You will work hands-on across data pipelines, databases, and feature assets, collaborating with Data Scientists and Architects to ensure reliable production outcomes.

The role emphasizes strong engineering, pragmatic judgment, and ownership, with a hybrid work setup (60% in Utrecht office, 40% remote) and travel as needed to support global initiatives.