Senior Data Engineer

We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer with a strong background in data processing and software development to help us scale our simulation software using the AWS cloud ecosystem.

Your Role

You will work together with the product team of data engineers, analysts and consultants on building and maintaining the current application. You will take ownership of the technical decisions e.g. tool selection, infrastructure choices and coding styles to ensure best practices, scalability, and system reliability. Next to daily development you will join in the Rotate wide senior tech team to help coordinate development and integration between the different products we offer.

The environment you will be working on uses technologies like EKS, MemGraph, Databricks, Koalas, MongoDB (DocumentDB) and custom APIs, SQS queues and more. With your knowledge you can help the team make the best

Who We Are

We are Rotate. We help key players across the global air cargo and logistics industry make better commercial and strategic decisions. We provide cloud-based software and analytics, world-leading market data, and data-driven strategy consulting. Our clients include top-tier airlines, airports, freight forwarders, governments, shippers, investors, and other industry stakeholders.

Founded in 2022 by a core team of former aviation strategy consultants, Rotate has grown rapidly. We now have offices in the Netherlands and Malaysia and a diverse team of around 50 professionals, including strategy consultants, data scientists, software developers, and data engineers.

Demand for our work continues to grow strongly, and we are therefore looking for talented senior data engineers to strengthen our team.

What you’ll do

• Design & Implement Scalable Applications: Build and optimize our application to support high-volume simulation processing. We aim to run more simulations, faster, on larger airline networks and over longer timeframes.

• Monitoring & Reliability: Integrate with robust monitoring and alerting systems (e.g. CloudWatch and Grafana) to ensure uptime and system health across our services.

• CI/CD Development: Help us improve and extend our deployment pipeline using tools like GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and others.

• Tech Leadership: Evaluate, challenge, and improve our existing solutions. We love fresh ideas and smart alternatives—bring them!

• Real-World Impact: Collaborate directly with global airlines, building practical tools that have a real impact on the industry.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead technical discussions, translate complex business challenges into technical solutions, and work closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Mentorship: Share your knowledge with junior/medior team members, explain your architectural decisions, and help grow the team’s capabilities.

• Learn the air cargo business: Become an aircraft nerd, learn iata codes, quiz your friends on airline facts. We believe that the best senior data engineer, is interested in what we offer to the market. The only way to build the best data solutions is when you know how the solution is used and what problem it fixes for our clients.

Why work at Rotate

At Rotate, you’ll join a fast-moving team that’s tackling an endless stream of fascinating problems in an industry that’s essential to the global economy. We build high-impact products and strategies using modern technologies, and we’re committed to tailoring your personal and professional growth as we scale. Our performance management and learning programs are all about helping you grow, with coaching and mentorship on a daily basis.

In additional to excellent compensation, you’ll get to:

·      Build things that matter. Solve complex problems in a critical industry. Advise clients on their most fundamental strategic questions, or partner with airlines to co-develop data-driven SaaS products with the latest technology stack. Drive efficiency and sustainability in global supply chains.

·      Write your own story. Feel like an entrepreneur within a well-funded company and established team. Help us build Rotate and share in our joint success. Partner with us to tailor your development and career ambition.

·      Live unforgettable experiences. Get exposed to different cultures, go on unforgettable offsites, experience the highs and lows of scale-up life…and if you’re keen, travel the world and eat sushi in Tokyo!

Your Qualifications

We’re after confident self-starters who can independently plan, design, code, debug, and test major features without needing hand-holding. You should thrive in a flexible yet professional environment where you’re given the freedom (and responsibility) to make a real impact.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• 6+ years of software/data engineering experience  

• Extensive experience with building and running distributed Python-based applications.

• Experience with data management (modeling, governance, quality...) principles and best practices.

• Advanced knowledge of distributed systems, having experience with queueing, parallel programming.

• Proven DevOps experience, ideally in data-intensive or simulation-heavy environments.

• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS, EKS/Kubernetes, CI/CD tooling, cloud monitoring, and data processing workflows.

• You like coaching and teaching junior and medior colleagues and help them grow

• Experience with IaC using Terraform is a big plus

• A proactive, solutions-first mindset—you’re always looking for ways to improve.

• Excellent communication skills—you’re able to clearly explain your ideas and collaborate across teams.

• Fluency in English (bonus points for additional languages!).

• Having finished a BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with

Where is Rotate located?

We are based in Utrecht, within 2 minute walking distance from Central Station. We find value in being together to collaborate, but we offer flexibility to accommodate different ways of working.

Contact us!

If you’re still reading and are excited about this role, we welcome your application even if you think you don’t meet all the requirements. We understand that no candidate is perfect, and would love to hear your story. We are looking forward to hearing from you via careers@letsrotate.com.