Data Engineer (Agro Energy)

at Eneco

EUR 70,000-90,000 per year

MIDDLE SENIOR

✅ Hybrid

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Details

You will join Eneco's AgroEnergy team as an Experienced Data Engineer, combining hands-on data engineering with technical leadership. You will design, build, and improve cloud-native data solutions in Azure that power predictive models and a self-built dimensional data warehouse supporting energy optimization and trading decisions for agricultural clients and B2B Flex Services.

The role includes expanding EPEX day-ahead forecasting from hourly to quarter-hourly resolution, introducing AI-assisted data transformations in C#, migrating toward Snowflake using OneLake with Iceberg tables, and modernizing the Azure landscape to align with Eneco's Azure Policy Framework, NIS2, and current security and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines from ingestion through transformation to structured exposure.
Develop and maintain predictive data flows for forecasting and energy optimization, including expanding EPEX day-ahead forecasting from hourly to quarter-hourly resolution.
Build and optimize a dimensional data warehouse for analytics and Power BI reporting.
Create and maintain architecture overviews covering platform components, integrations, dependencies, and data flows.
Define and communicate technical direction for data architecture, engineering standards, and platform modernization.
Lead migration and integration of platform components toward Snowflake, including OneLake with Iceberg tables.
Align the Azure landscape with Eneco's Azure Policy Framework and ensure compliance with NIS2 and current security standards.
Introduce AI-assisted tooling to accelerate and simplify data transformations in C#.
Identify technical debt and translate it into improvement plans and initiatives.
Provide technical guidance, peer coaching, and mentorship to other data engineers.
Implement CI/CD pipelines for data workflows, including testing, validation, and deployment.
Apply Infrastructure as Code for Azure resource deployments.
Ensure monitoring, incident analysis, and operational reliability of data pipelines.
Collaborate with testers, business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders across the AgroEnergy and B2B Flex Services value chains.

Requirements

Strong data engineering experience in Azure cloud environments, or C# backend development experience with a clear data engineering focus.
Proficiency in C# or equivalent programming languages used in data-intensive environments.
Hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Databases, and Azure DevOps.
Strong SQL skills, including writing, reviewing, and optimizing complex queries.
Dutch proficiency for reading and listening; speaking and writing may be in Dutch or English.
Understanding of software engineering best practices, including code reviews, version control, testing, and CI/CD.
Experience working with analysts, data scientists, quantitative specialists, or business-oriented teams.
Ability to translate business requirements into architecture decisions and technical direction.
Experience contributing to platform migration or modernization initiatives.
Familiarity with data modeling and architecture patterns such as dimensional modeling or data vault.
Experience with Azure monitoring and observability tooling.
Genuine interest in DevOps principles and production-grade deployment practices.

Nice to Have

Experience with Snowflake and/or lakehouse patterns such as OneLake with Iceberg tables.
Experience with AI-assisted development tooling in a data engineering or C# context.
Familiarity with energy market data, EPEX trading, or forecasting in a volatile commodity market.
Background in agri-tech or another domain where data directly drives operational or commercial decisions.

Benefits

Gross annual salary of €70,000–€90,000, including FlexBudget and 8% holiday allowance; a bonus or collective profit sharing may apply depending on the role.
Flexible FlexBudget that can be paid out, used to purchase additional holidays, or saved.
Personal and professional development opportunities.
Flexible hybrid working: 40% in the office, 40% from home, and 20% flexibly.
With manager approval, the possibility to work abroad in approved countries for up to three weeks per year, with a maximum of two consecutive weeks.
Rotterdam is the home base.

The position is part of Eneco's Digital & Tech domain and is embedded within the AgroEnergy business value chain, also serving B2B Flex Services. The team consists of data engineers and a test engineer and works closely with AgroEnergy product stakeholders.