Data Platform Engineer (OpenLineage)

TL;DR

Data Platform Engineer (OpenLineage): Building and scaling hirify.global's Enterprise Data Lineage capability with an accent on automated, cloud-native metadata ingestion using OpenLineage standards. Focus on integrating reliable, standardized technical metadata across platforms in a complex international banking environment.

Location: Hybrid work in Utrecht, Netherlands

Salary: Gross monthly salary between €4,024 and €5,747 (scale 08) for a 36-hour work week.

Company

hirify.global is a cooperative bank focused on creating a better world by investing in its employees and addressing social challenges.

What you will do

• Build and scale hirify.global’s Enterprise Data Lineage capability.
• Develop automated, cloud-native metadata ingestion using OpenLineage standards.
• Enable engineering teams to integrate reliable, standardized technical metadata across platforms.
• Scale OpenLineage implementation by integrating metadata from various applications and platforms.
• Develop and optimize automated ingestion, transformation, and validation pipelines.
• Improve observability, resilience, and performance of metadata pipelines.

Requirements

• Experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or metadata/lineage engineering within complex environments.
• Strong understanding of OpenLineage standards, event models, and technical metadata capture patterns.
• Familiarity with open-source metadata technologies and interoperable formats.
• Hands-on experience with modern data services and orchestrators (Spark, Airflow, Databricks).
• Experience with event streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Ability to design, build, and optimize automated ingestion pipelines and reusable metadata connectors.
• Experience working in cloud-native architectures and CI/CD environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Gross monthly salary between EUR 4,024 and EUR 5,747 for a 36-hour work week.
• A thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• EUR 1,400 development budget per year for growth and development.
• Hybrid work environment, balancing home and office work.
• Focus on personal development and contributing to a better world.
• Emphasis on diversity, inclusion, and a good work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Step 1: Application submission and confirmation.
• Step 2: Interview(s) (online), potentially with an assignment or assessment.
• Step 3: Offer and legal screening.
• Step 4: Welcome to hirify.global.