Data Engineer (Scala)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026.
Senior Data Engineer (Scala)
Location: Amsterdam (hybrid)
Are you a data engineer with hands-on Scala experience who wants to build large-scale, mission-critical data pipelines for one of the world's leading airlines? Join a team that builds scalable data infrastructure supporting predictive maintenance, disruption management, and operational efficiency across the entire airline.
Data engineers here build scalable data pipelines, manage cloud platforms, and support aviation innovations using functional programming and big data tech stacks like Scala, Spark, and Kafka.
What you'll do
Build, secure, and manage reliable data pipelines and data flows from multiple internal and external sources
Integrate data into cloud-based platforms to support analytics and operational tools, ensuring platform scalability
Collaborate closely with data scientists, product owners, and business analysts on data-driven aviation projects
Support and maintain the data infrastructure behind advanced AI tools, including predictive maintenance models, disruption decision-support systems, and applications that help reduce operational waste
Manage active data integrations across operations, fleet maintenance, and e-commerce systems within a cloud environment
Tech stack
Scala and functional programming
Spark and Kafka
Cloud-based data platforms
Requirements
This is you
Around 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer
Hands-on experience with Scala
Knowledge of open-source technologies like Spark, Kafka, Airflow or Kubernetes
Comfortable working with a variety of data types, formats, and velocities and scaling from a single machine to distributed systems
Customer-focused with a strong can-do mentality; results-driven and eager to take on challenging tasks
Interested? We'd love to meet you!
Please get in touch with Samantha Alves Goncalves at [email protected] or by phone at 0613889770.