Data Engineer Associate Director

Join us and lead data innovation at Riverflex

Ready to make an impact? Join our Riverflex D&A team as an Associate Director for Data Engineering! We are expanding our Data Engineering team to enable our strong growth in the D&A domain. You will play a pivotal role in growing our DE capabilities & team at Riverflex, and our clients.

Why choose Riverflex?

• Collaborative Community: Immerse yourself in a vibrant and dynamic team that values social connections and teamwork, fostering a strong sense of belonging.
• Global Diversity: Thrive in an international and diverse work environment where team members bring various backgrounds and perspectives, creating a rich tapestry of experiences.
• Ownership and Impact: At Riverflex, we provide you with the autonomy and the space to take ownership, drive tangible results, and make a lasting impact in the dynamic realm of data engineering.
• Professional Development: We prioritize your growth with tailored opportunities to propel your career to new heights, ensuring you stay at the forefront of data engineering innovation through continuous learning.
• Client Impact: Collaborate with a diverse clientele, contributing to meaningful outcomes for our clients and shaping the ever-evolving digital landscape.
• Cutting-Edge Environment: Riverflex is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the data engineering field. Join us in fostering a dynamic, creative space where your innovative ideas flourish.
• Career Growth: Experience dynamic career growth with opportunities to lead, mentor, and collaborate with a community of industry experts, shaping your own path while inspiring others in the journey of data excellence.
• Global Reach: Engage with a wide array of clients and industries, transcending borders to contribute to our global technology initiatives.

The opportunity

This opportunity is within our Data & Analytics team and focuses on advancing our data engineering capabilities. As an Associate Director, you will focus on engineering next-generation data solutions to support the data-driven transformations of our clients and partners. You will lead and mentor a team of junior-senior data engineers, fostering their development and ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions. In addition, you will serve as a strategic advisor on key topics such as data products, migrations, and platforms, helping clients navigate complex challenges and achieve their strategic goals.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and manage data engineering projects, providing strategic direction and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Oversee the execution of data engineering projects & products, ensuring high-quality & timely delivery and regulatory compliance.
• Review design, code, test plans, and dataset implementations performed by other data engineers.
• Design and deliver scalable data platforms that support clients’ data-driven transformations.
• Develop and ensure adoption of methodologies, tech accelerators, best practices, and quality standards
• Communicate and publish thoughtware based on relevant trends and developments to position yourself as a proven data engineering expert.
• Oversee and actively lead the hiring of critical data engineering talent.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering their professional growth and success.
• Create and foster an environment that values and promotes autonomy, skill mastery, empowerment, transparency, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Act as a strategic advisor while building and maintaining relationships with key business stakeholders.
• Participate in sales and business development activities, identifying new opportunities and expanding our client base.

Requirements

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• Approximately 8+ years of related work experience in Data Engineering, with relevant Data Engineering certificates.
• Experience in cloud platforms like Azure and tools like Databricks & Terraform.
• Experience with source control tools such as GitHub and related dev processes.
• Experience with workflow scheduling/orchestration tools like Airflow.
• Experience in building cloud-scalable, real-time, and high-performance data solutions.
• Strong understanding of developing complex data solutions, data structures, and algorithms.
• Proven experience leading and managing teams through all project phases, including requirements definition, business re-engineering, and application mapping.
• Expertise in at least one or two domains such as Government, Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, or Telecom.
• A track record with a consulting firm is highly desirable.

What we offer

• An exceptional experience of working for a fast-growing start-up, with a fun, dynamic, and stable international environment.
• A unique opportunity to work in an open-talent network ecosystem with top industry specialists and consultants.
• Opportunities to work on projects for clients across all our international markets.
• A growth culture that values autonomy, initiative, and creativity, with fast growth opportunities.
• An experienced, ambitious, and innovative management team with a professional approach from previous Big 4 firms.
• Competitive salary and practical benefits such as flexible working arrangements, with the option to work from home or our office space in a start-up hub in the heart of Amsterdam.

Interested?

If you’re excited about crafting the future of tech consulting, contributing to a collaborative team, and taking on new challenges, we’d love to hear from you. Join us in pushing boundaries and making an impact at Riverflex.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and take pride in a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training,
promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, medical condition, or disability. Even if you believe you do not tick all the aforementioned requirements for the role, we still encourage you to take the time to apply.