Databricks Platform Engineer

As a Databricks Platform Engineer (internal title Data Engineer) at Lely, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining our data platform. You will work with cutting-edge technologies to ensure our platform is reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient. Your work will directly contribute to enabling data-driven decision-making and AI-powered solutions across the company.

You will be part of the Databricks Platform team within Data & AI. In this role, you will work closely with business teams across the company and collaborate with Databricks Platform Engineers to ensure the platform aligns with Lely Azure standards.

What is your role?

• Administer and maintain the Databricks platform.
• Build standardized infrastructure and components for the data platform.
• Collaborate with different teams to drive platform adoption and develop use cases.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines to maintain platform reliability and consistency.
• Create Databricks dashboards for platform monitoring.
• Assist the AI team with their innovative solutions.
• Share knowledge by giving demos and workshops.
• Manage and optimize costs.

What is your experience?

You are an independent professional with a proactive, can-do mentality and multiple years of experience within cloud & data engineering. You thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy collaborating with multiple teams. Your expertise spans a broad range of cloud and data engineering topics.

Your experience includes:

• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud and data solutions, with the ability to compare different approaches.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks platform administration and architecture (nice to have).
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu preferred).
• Experience in CI/CD and automation.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), networking, and security.
• Affinity with programming languages such as Python, PySpark, SQL, and Bash.
• Experience with containerized solutions such as Docker and Kubernetes.

You are currently living in the Netherlands and have a valid work permit.

What do we offer you?

A job for a true inventor, at a company driven by innovation. You will see your ideas come to life as they leave the factory to our customer, the dairy farmer. At the end you will contribute to a sustainable way of farming.

Working in an international work environment within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands and also the largest robot producer in Europe.

Excellent employment conditions, including up to 8 weeks of vacation and a salary of up to €6300,- with room for growth within the scale.

Opportunities for growth where you are in charge of your own development.

Space and freedom to innovate, bring in new ideas, and undertake initiatives. We not only offer this, but we also genuinely expect it. It's up to you to come up with ideas and implement them.

A team with enthusiastic, helpful colleagues, collaborating with product development, procurement, and other stakeholders.

Our Lely Academy offers various training programs, such as personality training or more job-relevant training. If you want to develop yourself but it's not in the curriculum, you discuss it with your manager.

The program with our own Lely Gym. A volleyball court, basketball court, football table, and ping pong table where you can challenge your colleagues or take a break from work.

Lease-a-Bike scheme to lease a new bike affordably.

Additionally, enjoy the services and wide range of coffee and tea from our personal barista at the Lely Campus, who makes the tastiest cappuccinos from fresh milk, directly from our own farmer from the Lely Orbiter, for example.

A healthy work-life balance with a hybrid policy where you are 3 days per week on Campus. This is flexible and can be arranged in consultation with your manager. Prefer more time on our modern Campus? You are always welcome (between 06:00 a.m. and 08:00 p.m.).

Moreover, we love to celebrate. Whether it's an anniversary or our Christmas party, at Lely, we know how to celebrate! For a feel of the atmosphere, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WA3e0WHbxE

About Lely

At Lely, we believe in achieving a sustainable, profitable and agreeable future for dairy farmers by combining robotisation, engineering and farming expertise.

It all started with a dream cherished by two brothers in Maassluis 75 years ago, and ever since, we have worked to become innovative market leaders in automated systems for dairy farmers across the globe. With a team of 2,500 professional specialists, we work constantly to bring about revolutionary solutions for the agro industry. We are based at our Maassluis Campus, a building which features the highest sustainability performance possible, not just in the Netherlands, but on a global scale. Our overall objective: making dairy farming interesting, also for the coming generations.