Data (Platform) Engineer

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We are looking for Data and Cloud engineers to help build a state-of-the-art Data Platform in Google Cloud Platform at our partner organizations. Are you a Data, Software or Cloud engineer with experience in data pipelines, data platforms or data warehouse environments? Then join our Data Platform team!

Our 13-month advanced training programs integrate hands-on learning and skill development with working at one of our partner companies.

About the companies

Xccelerated works with different partners in different areas: food industrie, finance, robotica, logistics, etc

Those companies want to become an entirely data-driven organization. To reach this goal, they are building a new, modern, Data Platform on GCP/AWS/Azure which will be used to provide insights and (self-service) analytics to the company, Sometimes the Data Platform will be built from scratch, and your team is responsible for its architecture, development and maintenance; other times you will be added to an existing team.

You will be a very crucial part of the team. In your day-to-day work, you will collaborate with the engineering and analytics teams and build components of the platform that enables the users to create scalable pipelines and deploy models in production.

As a Data (Platform) Engineer you will:

✅ Help the team with building, deploying and maintaining their new or existing Data Platforms

✅Build components of the platform that enables the users to build scalable pipelines and deploy models in production

✅ Maintain and develop infrastructure related to data

✅ Collaborate with the Platform and analytics teams to ensure cohesive integration between systems and data models are in place

 

Bootcamp

You will start with a 2 - 4 fulltime weeks of hands-on bootcamp training where you’ll focus on writing deployable code, containerization, data engineering, platform and cloud fundamentals

Beyond Bootcamp

After the Bootcamp, you will work at one of our clients four days a week (hybrid), for a full year. On the fifth day, you will return to our Xccelerated office for more theory and practice and all the other modules. During these weekly return days, you gain valuable guidance and coaching from our supervising consultants to support you in the partner company’s projects. You also dive deeper into training topics not covered in the bootcamp.

Program topics include

  • Data Engineering with Python

  • Data platform engineering

  • Distributed processing with Kafka & Spark

  • Functional data engineering with Airflow

  • Containerization with Docker

  • Data storage & data lakes

  • Distributed Systems

  • Cloud-native data engineering

  • Soft skills

  • Personal development

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Why work at Xccelerated?

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Advanced Data & AI training programs

Take the next step in your career. Our programs for professionals with proven potential ensure growth in your ML & AI careaer, by working & learning continuously.

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Challenging data-driven projects

Apply your knowledge on the most exciting data-driven projects and make real impact. Work with other highly skilled people at one of our partner companies & your future employer.

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Like-minded professionals

Work in an international environment with like-minded professionals who are on the same page: learning, making impact, sharing knowledge and having fun.

 

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Soft skills

In conjunction with our technical programs, Xccelerated also provides soft-skills development through interactive training-days and practice. It features an integrated personal development component on effective communication as a Data & AI professional.

The training courses are focused on personal leadership and will give you insight into your preferred communication styles and personal development goals. In addition, we are working on effective communication, giving feedback and feedforward, stakeholder management, presenting and conflict management. 

The Xccelerated personal development program is divided into seven training topics. Each subject consists of one interactive training day in which everyone practices their skills.

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Ready to join our Data platform team?

From a personal perspective, you are customer focused and have a strong can-do mentality. You focus on results, have a desire to complete challenging tasks and learn while doing. Next to this, you have:

✅ A Bachelor/Master level education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cloud Computing or related field

✅ 1-4 years of experience as a Data (Platform) Engineer

✅ Familiar with industry big data platform stack (for example: Databricks, Spark, Airflow)

✅ Experience in working on public Cloud (GCP/AWS/Azure)

✅ Speaking Dutch (At least B2)

Besides working at one of the world’s most innovative companies within the tech industry, we offer you:

  • A competitive salary;

  • 25 vacation days;

  • Kick off with 4 full-time weeks of hands-on bootcamp training;

  • Technical trainings & Innovation days (every week);

  • Company laptop;

  • Lunches, amazing coffee and snack bar;

  • Flexibility in working from home & at the office.

If you have any questions, please contact Samantha, our Talent acquisition lead, through sgoncalves@xccelerated.io or telephone number 0613889770

 

A selection of our partner companies

Heineken
KLM
ProRail
Alliander
Schiphol Group
ING
Randstad Group
Nationale Nederlanden
Mollie
Vattenfall
Heineken
KLM
ProRail
Alliander
Schiphol Group
ING
Randstad Group
Nationale Nederlanden
Mollie
Vattenfall