Data Engineering Manager

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Amsterdam / €90000 - €120000 annum

INFO

Salary

SALARY:

€90000 - €120000

Location

LOCATION

Amsterdam

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Data / Analytics Engineering Manager

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Up to €122k annually

This is a high-impact Analytics Engineering Manager role focused on building and scaling a data platform that underpins critical product and business decisions. You will lead a team while shaping a modern data environment operating at significant scale, with a strong emphasis on reliability, performance and trust in data.

The Company

They are a large-scale digital business with a strong data-driven culture at the core of decision making. Operating a complex data ecosystem with high volumes of daily data processing, they invest heavily in building a robust and scalable data foundation. Data is treated as a product, with clear ownership, high engineering standards and a focus on long-term platform evolution. The organisation fosters close collaboration between engineering, analytics and senior leadership to ensure data is a trusted asset across the business.

The Role

  • Own the end-to-end data platform, including ingestion pipelines, data modelling and warehouse orchestration
  • Lead and develop a team of analytics and data engineers, setting standards and supporting growth
  • Drive automation across data workflows to improve scalability and efficiency
  • Ensure high data quality through monitoring, testing and robust data contracts
  • Design and govern a semantic layer to ensure consistent metric definitions
  • Optimise warehouse performance and manage cost efficiency at scale
  • Establish engineering best practices including CI/CD, version control and code quality standards
  • Partner with stakeholders across analytics, product and leadership to align on data strategy and delivery

Your Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience leading data or analytics engineering teams in a complex environment
  • Deep expertise in data warehousing, data modelling and large-scale data processing
  • Proven experience with ELT and ETL pipelines and orchestration tools such as Airflow and dbt
  • Experience working with modern cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks or GCP
  • Strong understanding of data quality, observability and monitoring practices
  • Experience driving cost optimisation within cloud data environments
  • Confident communicator, able to translate technical concepts to senior stakeholders
  • Track record of balancing leadership, delivery and hands-on technical contribution

What They Offer

  • Competitive salary aligned with senior leadership scope
  • Opportunity to lead a high-performing data engineering function
  • Exposure to complex, high-scale data challenges
  • Strong focus on career development and leadership growth
  • Collaborative and data-driven working environment

How to Apply

If you are interested in this Analytics Engineering Manager opportunity, please apply with your CV to start a confidential conversation.

CONTACT

Elisabeth Oudman

Senior Recruitment Consultant - Netherlands

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