Key Skills
Job Description
Senior Data Engineer (Scala)
Location: Amsterdam (hybrid)
Are you a data engineer with hands-on Scala experience who wants to build large-scale, mission-critical data pipelines for one of the world's leading airlines? Join a team that builds scalable data infrastructure supporting predictive maintenance, disruption management, and operational efficiency across the entire airline.
Data engineers here build scalable data pipelines, manage cloud platforms, and support aviation innovations using functional programming and big data tech stacks like Scala, Spark, and Kafka.
🎯 What you'll do
✅ Build, secure, and manage reliable data pipelines and data flows from multiple internal and external sources
✅ Integrate data into cloud-based platforms to support analytics and operational tools, ensuring platform scalability
✅ Collaborate closely with data scientists, product owners, and business analysts on data-driven aviation projects
✅ Support and maintain the data infrastructure behind advanced AI tools, including predictive maintenance models, disruption decision-support systems, and applications that help reduce operational waste
✅ Manage active data integrations across operations, fleet maintenance, and e-commerce systems within a cloud environment
🛠️ Tech stack
✅ Scala and functional programming
✅ Spark and Kafka
✅ Cloud-based data platforms
This is you
✅ Around 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer
✅ Hands-on experience with Scala
✅ Knowledge of open-source technologies like Spark, Kafka, Airflow or Kubernetes
✅ Comfortable working with a variety of data types, formats, and velocities and scaling from a single machine to distributed systems
✅ Customer-focused with a strong can-do mentality; results-driven and eager to take on challenging tasks
Interested? We'd love to meet you!
Please get in touch with Samantha Alves Goncalves at [email protected] or by phone at 0613889770.
Core Responsibilities
You will build, secure, and manage reliable data pipelines and integrate data into cloud-based platforms to support operational tools. Additionally, you will collaborate with data scientists and business analysts to maintain infrastructure for AI-driven aviation projects.
Requirements
The role requires approximately 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer with hands-on expertise in Scala and functional programming. Candidates should also have knowledge of open-source technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Airflow, or Kubernetes.
About Xebia
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 51-200 employees
Xccelerated is an initiative within the Xebia Group, on its mission to eliminate the shortage of highly skilled Data & AI professionals. We accelerate your team through our advanced 13-month programs. Each Xccelerator has 3-4 years of relevant work experience before joining Xccelerated and will therefore make direct impact while working and learning at your company. At the end of each program, they'll have what it takes to join your organization directly as a Medior or Senior, without any strings attached – offering a long-term solution to build your internal capabilities. It's a win-win for everyone.
