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Headquartered in London, UK and publicly listed there since 1971, we employ c.3,900 employees across our 5 innovation centres of excellence and more than 29 manufacturing sites across Europe, North America and Asia. Around 20% of our sales volumes are from new and patent protected products.\nAt our innovation centres of excellence in the UK, Germany, China, Malaysia and Ohio, USA we collaborate closely with our customers to develop new products and enhance existing ones tailored to their needs, with an increasing range of sustainability benefits. Since 2021, we have been proud holders of the London Stock Exchange Green Economy Mark, which recognises green technology businesses making a significant contribution to a more sustainable, low-carbon economy.\nData Engineer\nBuild the data foundation for Synthomer's digital future\nLocation: Home-based (Netherlands, Belgium or United Kingdom)\nType: Full-time\nAt Synthomer, we are accelerating our digital transformation journey. 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Working closely with Data Scientists, Data Translators, Enterprise Architecture teams, and business stakeholders, you'll design and deliver robust data products that enable smarter decisions across our global operations.\nWhat you'll be doing\nDesign and develop scalable data pipelines and integrations across multiple enterprise systems and external data sources.\nBuild and maintain cloud-based data products using Databricks, Delta Lake, and Apache Spark.\nCreate trusted datasets that support analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.\nImplement data quality, governance, security, and monitoring frameworks.\nCollaborate with Data Scientists to enable advanced analytics and machine learning use cases.\nDrive continuous improvement of our global data ecosystem and engineering standards.\nContribute to the growth and maturity of our newly established Digital CoE.\nWhat we're looking for\n3-5 years of experience in Data Engineering.\nStrong expertise in Python, SQL, Databricks, and Apache Spark.\nExperience building ELT pipelines in cloud environments.\nSolid understanding of data modelling, architecture, and governance.\nExperience working with modern data platforms and scalable data solutions.\nA collaborative mindset and strong problem-solving abilities.\nWhy join Synthomer?\nBe part of a newly established global Digital Centre of Excellence.\nShape the future data landscape of a leading specialty chemicals company.\nWork remotely while collaborating with international teams.\nInfluence high-impact digital and AI initiatives across the business.\nEnjoy the freedom to innovate and help build something from the ground up.\nAre you our new teammember! 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