Marktplaats in The Netherlands, and 2dehands and 2ememain in Belgium, are part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist. The three brands are hosted on a multi-tenant platform, operated from our Amsterdam location, and are the top players in the classifieds space throughout the Benelux region.

We offer consumers the opportunity to trade their unwanted products and contribute to a greener, circular economy. We offer businesses - of all sizes, from the smallest hobbyist to the biggest brands in Benelux - a platform to showcase their goods and services online to over 11 million monthly unique users.

What you’ll do ​& Who you are

About the Job :

Marktplaats in The Netherlands, and 2dehands and 2ememain in Belgium, are part of Adevinta: a global online classifieds specialist. The three brands are hosted on a multi-tenant platform, operated from our Amsterdam location, and are the top players in the classifieds space throughout the Benelux region.

We offer consumers the opportunity to trade their unwanted products and contribute to a greener, circular economy. We offer businesses - of all sizes, from the smallest hobbyist to the biggest brands in Benelux - a platform to showcase their goods and services online to over 11 million monthly unique users.

What You’ll Do & Who You Are

In the Marktplaats data and analytics teams, data is at the heart of everything we do. As a Data Engineer of the Data Platform team at Marktplaats you will be relied on to independently develop and deliver high-quality features for our new Data/ML Platform, refactor and translate our data products and finish various tasks to a high standard. You will be the cornerstone of the platform’s reliability, scalability and performance, working hands on with batch and streaming data pipelines, storage solutions and APIs that serve complex analytical and ML workloads.The role encompasses ownership of the self-serve data platform, including data collection, lake management, orchestration, processing, and distribution.

Success in this role requires a high level of technical proficiency in modern data technologies and cloud-based environments, such as Databricks, AWS, Spark, Python, Kafka and Airflow and deep expertise in data management and governance frameworks.

What we are looking for

For this position the ideal candidate has 10+ years of hands-on experience in Software Development/Data Engineering. Prior experience building and operating data platforms is a plus.

• Proven experience on building cloud native data intensive applications (both real time and batch based). AWS experience is preferred, GCP is good to have.

• Strong background in Data Engineering to support other Data Engineers, Back Enders and Data Scientists in building data products and services.

• Hands-on experience of building and maintaining Spark applications. Python and PySpark(Scala Spark is a plus)

• Experienced in AWS Cloud usage and data management (automation, data governance, cost optimisation, delivering reliable & scalable data solutions)

• Ensure data quality, schema governance and monitoring across pipelines.

• Experience with orchestrators such as Airflow, Kubeflow & Databricks workflows.

• Solid experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Fundamental understanding of various Parquet, Delta Lake and other OTFs file formats.

• Proficiency on an IaC tool such as Terraform, CDK or CloudFormation.

• Experience with Databricks (Lakehouse, ML/MosaicAI, Unity Catalog, MLflow, Mosaic AI, model serving etc).

• Data validation/analysis skills & proficiency in SQL is considered as a foundational skill.

• Collaborate in a small, fast moving team with high levels of autonomy and impact.

• Strong written and verbal English communication skill and proficient in communicating with non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have an internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱
  

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.

Benefits

Life at Adevinta comes with its perks! Our Adevintans enjoy the following benefits:

• An attractive Base Salary 💸

• Participation in our Short-Term Incentive plan (annual bonus) 🏆

• Work From Anywhere: Enjoy up to 20 days a year of working from anywhere! Maybe not from the moon🌛well why not! just make sure you have internet connection! 🌍

• A 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for you and your family, because we care ❤️‍

• Win together, lose together is one of our key behaviours. At Adevinta you will find a collaborative environment with an opportunity to explore your potential and grow 🌱

On top of these, we also provide a range of locally relevant benefits. Wanna know more? Apply and ask our recruiters! ✨

Adevinta is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

If you feel like you don’t meet all of the requirements for this role but are interested, please consider applying anyway. Research suggests that women and individuals from underrepresented groups may self-select out of opportunities if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. We strongly encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply and look forward to speaking with you.