Data Engineer (Microsoft Fabric)

Location: Hybrid, 2–3 days per week at the office or client in Barendrecht, Netherlands.

Salary: €4,217–€6,025 gross per month based on 40 hours, depending on experience, plus annual profit sharing.

Company

hirify.global builds software, data and AI solutions and develops data platforms on Microsoft Fabric for organisations seeking data-driven decisions.

What you will do

• Design and build silver and gold layers in Microsoft Fabric using PySpark, Spark SQL and Delta Lake.
• Model domain-based star schemas with facts, dimensions, history and conformed dimensions.
• Translate KPI definitions and business rules into validated transformations with quality checks between layers.
• Connect gold-layer data to semantic models using Direct Lake, Power BI Embedded and RLS.
• Build reusable engineering patterns across client projects in real estate, software, professional services and security.
• Participate in design sessions, explain technical decisions and own client-domain data models.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of experience as a data engineer, analytics engineer or BI developer, including several years designing data models.
• Strong knowledge of dimensional modelling and Kimball methodology, including explaining grain and history decisions.
• Strong SQL and hands-on experience with PySpark or Spark SQL.
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, or with Databricks or Synapse together with the ability to switch quickly.
• Understanding of semantic models, ability to read DAX, and experience working with Git.
• Fluent spoken and written Dutch is required.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, make decisions, document them and defend model-quality choices.
• Practical AI experience, including using Codex or Claude for code review, testing or data-mapping work and validating the results.

Nice to have

• Experience with Materialized Lake Views or dbt.
• DP-600 or DP-700 certification.
• Client-facing, multi-tenant BI experience.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-Native Engineering with small, senior teams that direct AI agents and validate their output.
• One-year contract with the prospect of a permanent contract.
• Personal training budget, including Fabric certification, plus technical, soft-skill and AI-model training.
• Company laptop and phone, €250 home-office budget, 25 days of holiday and a pension scheme.
• Hybrid work with office or client attendance 2–3 days per week, knowledge sessions and team activities.
• Opportunity to grow toward platform engineering and contribute to engineering standards and reusable patterns.

Hiring process

• Apply without a cover letter by sending a CV or LinkedIn profile and 2–3 sentences about something recently built or tried with AI.
• Introductory 45-minute meeting with Rajeev, followed by a second interview with a short modelling case where AI is allowed.
• Offer decision within two weeks after the interviews.