Senior Python Software Engineer

United States Digital Space LLC; Utrecht; On-site; EUR 56,134 - 80,162; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

Holiday allowance 8%

Employee Benefit Budget 10%

Development budget

Hybrid work

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a software engineer to create clean, reliable components powering data ingestion, transformation, and data-driven products. You are a software craftsman, not just a data engineer, building reusable and scalable components for a robust data platform.

Though our current stack uses Python, we welcome experienced engineers from other languages who are eager to learn Python. The role offers hybrid work and a development budget for growth.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience building production-grade applications.
• Experience with Python or other modern languages and willingness to learn Python.
• Solid grounding in design patterns, architecture and engineering best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and artifact management.
• Knowledge of data modelling and distributed processing.

Responsibilities

• Build reusable, scalable Python packages and services for data ingestion, transformation, and product development.
• Ensure high engineering standards through automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, governance, and quality improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and platform teams to modernise data capabilities and developer experience.

Skills

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Data modelling

Distributed processing

Software engineering

Engineering standards

Mentoring others

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Cloud storage platforms

Job description

This is what we offer you

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 5,030 and EUR 7,183 (scale 09) for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

You & your role

Create clean, reliable, and reusable software components and services that power ingestion, transformation, and data-driven products. You’re not a “data engineer”; you’re a software craftsman in a data environment. You build reusable, scalable, and high-quality components that make our data platform robust and future-proof.

While our current implementation is built in Python, we believe that strong software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectural thinking are transferable across technologies. Therefore, we welcome experienced software engineers from different language backgrounds who are willing to learn and work with Python.

Examples for practices

• Build modular Python packages using modern engineering patterns and practices.
• Own artifact management end‑to‑end, including publishing, versioning and governance.
• Develop reusable components that fit into our Medallion Architecture.
• Integrate APIs aligned with OpenAPI standards and resilient design patterns.
• Ensure high code quality through testing, automation, linting, scanning, and robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Work across our technology stack: Azure Synapse, Databricks, cloud storage (ADLS/S3), and containerized environments.
• Improve developer experience through standardization, shared components, and engineering best practices.
• Contribute to our transition toward a platform-agnostic, modernized data architecture.

Facts & figures

• 36 hours per week
• Work with technologies including Python, Spark/PySpark, Azure Synapse, Databricks, and cloud storage platforms.
• 9.5 million customers worldwide

Top 3 responsibilities

• Build reusable, scalable Python packages and services that support data ingestion, transformation, and product development across the organisation.
• Ensure high engineering standards through automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, governance practices, and continuous quality improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects, and platform teams to modernise data capabilities and improve developer experience across the technology landscape.

You & your talent

• Strong software engineering expertise, gained through building and operating production‑grade applications and services.
• Professional experience with Python or another modern programming language such as Java, C#, Go, Scala, Kotlin, or similar, combined with a willingness to learn and work with Python.
• Solid grounding in software design patterns, architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and artifact management.
• Strong understanding of data modelling, distributed processing, and resilient integration patterns.
• Comfortable mentoring others and contributing to engineering standards.

Nice to have

• Infrastructure as Code experience.
• API management / gateway experience.
• Experience with platform modernization or cloud migrations.
• Familiarity with instrumentation and observability to monitor and improve system behaviour.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country.