Data Engineer

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Groenlo
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Other
What are you going to do?
As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in enhancing and expanding the core of our data platform. Your work will focus on building a future-proof solution with streamlined, efficient ETL processes. We value innovation and encourage you to stay ahead of technological advancements, integrating them into our daily operations to drive continuous improvement. Collaboration will be at the heart of your role, as you work closely with the IT Architect and Product Owner to make strategic decisions, with a strong emphasis on data quality and metadata management. Your contributions will enable high-quality information products that empower key domains such as Finance, Operations, Management, and HR.
Example of a project you'll work on:
At Nedap, we are developing a system to trace products from production to the end customer. This involves building a data pipeline that processes and stores both structured and unstructured data in Azure Data Lake. The system aims to enable production lines to track products at every stage, identify customer-reported issues, and analyze product lifecycles using advanced data analytics.
As a Data Engineer, you will be instrumental in designing scalable pipelines, ensuring data quality, and recommending the best tools and architectures (e.g., Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Databricks) to support this initiative. This project highlights the critical role you’ll play in transforming raw data into actionable insights that drive our business and enhance customer outcomes.
Your responsibilities
- Take the technical lead in the ongoing development of our data platform in collaboration with the Data & BI team;
- Provide proactive recommendations on new solutions and emerging technologies, including AI;
- Develop and maintain methodologies to ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency;
- Design and implement scalable data pipelines for processing structured and unstructured data;
- Optimize data pipelines for performance and scalability;
- Educate and inspire stakeholders on the potential of data and the capabilities of the data platform;
- Translate business needs into technological solutions and provide recommendations for solution directions.

Your team
You will be part of the Data & BI team within Nedap's IT department. This team is responsible for unlocking data from source systems and transforming it into information products. The team consists of BI developers focussing on datasets and reports within Power BI, data engineers and a Product Owner.
The IT department also includes Office Automation & Business IT, with teams dedicated to infrastructure and service desk. Your team is located within the Business IT section of IT.

Our offer
Curious about all our terms of employment? Read more here.
Required experience and skills
You are someone who takes the lead in addressing technical challenges and ensures that high-quality solutions are implemented. You involve stakeholders throughout the process, from planning to delivering the final result. With strong analytical skills, you translate complex issues into efficient solutions. You enjoy working in a collaborative team environment where decisions are made together and results are achieved as a team.
Besides that, you have:
- A university-level working and thinking ability, preferably in the field of Business & Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline;
- At least 5 years' experience as a Data Engineer within a dynamic environment;
- Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure) and you are familiar with data technologies (Microsoft Fabric) in a Cloud environment;
- Knowledge of database systems and you are skilled in data modelling and schema design;
- Proficient in programming languages such as Python and/or Java and query languages such as SQL;
- Experience with Power BI (preferred).
About Nedap
We are Nedap: a tech company with people knowledge. We’re located on a fantastic campus in Groenlo, where more than 1000 specialists in fields such as design, engineering, software development, finance, HR, project management, marketing and sales are working on the development of new technology. Technology that helps people be more productive and successful in their work.
Application procedure
Curious about our vacancy for Data Engineer? Take up the challenge! Send your CV and/or motivation via the application button : Melanie Kamp. If you have any questions, please contact me at melanie.kamp@nedap.com.
- As part of the application procedure, we ask for a Certificate of Good Conduct.
- 1 . Your application
- 2 . First interview
- 3 . Next interview
- 4 . Offer
- 5 . High five!
Your application
You’ve applied? Awesome! We will reply to your application as fast as possible, but at least within 10 workdays via e-mail.
We respect your privacy, therefore you can only apply via our website. Applications via e-mail will not be accepted.
