Data Engineer

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Job Description

Our ideal candidate is based in the Netherlands or willing to relocate.

Who We Are

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards ‘net-zero’ by helping to build smarter, cleaner renewable energy systems. Using our proprietary software platform, we help balance the supply and demand of electricity across international energy networks.

We help businesses, grid operators, asset owners and other energy stakeholders around the world reduce their carbon emissions, integrate more distributed renewable energy resources, and generate new revenue streams by participating in demand-side response services.

Learn more about us in this video!


In 2022, Sympower became a certified B Corp, which shows the company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency across 5 impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment, and customers.

The position

The Sympower data team is dedicated to delivering forecasting services, business intelligence (BI) dashboards, and self-service data capabilities. We work in close collaboration with other Engineering Teams to seamlessly integrate data within the broader Sympower software ecosystem.

As a Data Engineer at Sympower, your primary focus will be on the technical integration of data. This entails the data infrastructure and integration pipelines of our Data Platform. While the foundational integration pipelines have been established, we are now seeking a skilled individual to expand and enhance this component. You will be responsible for building new and enhancing existing data integration pipelines, optimising the data infrastructure, and ensuring seamless integration (both input and output) within our software systems.


Whats in it for you

We are committed to creating an inclusive and values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong, and where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

We offer a market competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

  • 30 Days Paid Holiday Leave
  • 1 Day Paid Wellness Leave
  • 1 Day Paid Birthday Leave
  • Paid Maternity and Partner Leave
  • Pawternity Leave
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Remote Office Budget
  • Internet Allowance
  • Development Plan & Budget
  • Stock Appreciation Rights
  • 2 Days Paid Volunteer Leave

Learn about all of our benefits on our careers page.


What you will do

During your daily job, you will:

  • Integrate data from various internal and external sources from APIs, Apache Pulsar, (no)SQL databases.
  • Develop batch and streaming data pipelines with the full Databricks stack, with a strong focus on software engineering best practices.
  • Drive data architecture and coherent data modelling across our data platform.

You will work with the other roles in the data team (Machine Learning Engineers and Analytics Engineers) to deliver end-to-end data products to the other Sympower teams, the Sympower platform and our customers.

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