Engineering Manager - Data

Sensorfact

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

In-Office

Who are you

Inspire, mentor, and manage a team of Data Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, transparency and above all psychological safety
Drive hiring and onboarding processes to grow the team with top talent
Provide technical guidance and career development opportunities to your team members
Contribute hands-on ~1/3 of your time to one of the smaller value streams (reducing as your team grows)
Partner with the Principal Data Engineer to oversee the design, implementation, and optimization of our data pipelines and infrastructure
Work closely with Product Managers of the different value streams to facilitate timely delivery of new features and identify staffing needs
Collaborate with fellow Engineering Managers and the VP of Technology to advance strategic projects that cross domains, such as cloud cost management, ingestion architecture and self-service analytics
Establish best practices in data engineering and software development, emphasizing scalability, code quality, testing, and continuous integration

The key technologies you will be working with

Our AWS stack is focused on ingesting raw sensor data into Kafka, stream processing it using Flink and exposing it through Clickhouse. Batch processing is done using Prefect and ECS, on-demand services are deployed using Lambda. We have a powerful internal GraphQL API to expose data to end users, managed by Hasura in combination with Typescript.

How We Do It

We do Scrum with 2-week sprints, sprint planning and retrospective sessions. Our stand-ups are at 9:30 and if you're not there you can chime in over Meet. We are very flexible about working from home, but we enjoy meeting each other in the office regularly. You will be in the Data team, which along with IoT and Platform make up the technology departments. The course is determined by quarterly goals, set collaboratively with the teams themselves. We don't believe in silos, so you will work in a multidisciplinary team with colleagues from multiple departments, represented by a product manager.

What You Bring To The Job

MSc (or PhD) in Computer Science, Distributed Systems, A.I., or a comparable field
Proven experience (5+ years) in data engineering, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or management role
Strong technical background, including Python and modern cloud and data technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark, DBT, AWS Lambda, Airflow, Prefect, etc.)
Expertise in managing relational/OLAP databases like Postgres, Redshift, or Clickhouse
Proven experience in working with state of the art batch and/or stream processing frameworks
Solid understanding of software engineering best practices and data infrastructure design.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Fluent in English experience in a scale-up environment is a plus

Why you will love working here

You can play a key role in creating a smart and sustainable industry;
We have an open culture where you get a lot of freedom and where taking ownership is valued;
We like to have you around, but you also get the opportunity to work remote (abroad) for up to 2 months per year;
A powerful company laptop (Macbook Pro or Lenovo Thinkpad);
Legendary lunches, drinks and other activities with colleagues (our office manager Elise exceeds our expectations every time);
…And we obviously offer you the usual: a contract 40 hours per week, employer contribution to your pension, 27 holidays, €500 contribution to set up/improve your home office and a NS business card to get to our great office.

About Us

Sensorfact offers a unique combination of hardware, software and personal advice to help small to medium-sized enterprise customers in the manufacturing industry optimize their production processes. Originally starting out as an energy management solution, we have since expanded to other utilities like gas, air, water and steam, predictive maintenance and overall equipment effectiveness. Our impact is substantial: over 2000 of our customers are using Sensorfact to minimize downtime, eliminate waste and reduce their carbon footprint.

About Us

At Sensorfact, we’re on a mission to reduce energy waste and create a smarter, more sustainable future. Our Energy Management System helps industrial businesses cut energy consumption and reduce costs by up to 10%, using cutting-edge hardware, software, and expert insights. We’re growing fast—recognized by Techleap’s Rise Program for tackling climate change and named one of Deloitte’s fastest-growing tech companies. Now, we're reaching a major milestone a strategic partnership with ABB, a global leader in electrification and automation. Together, we’re driving the future of industrial efficiency and sustainability. Our core values—transparency, ownership, and teamwork—drive everything we do. Every day, we collaborate, innovate, and push boundaries to deliver solutions that make a difference.

Why Join Us?

Career Growth: Unlock opportunities to advance your career within a rapidly scaling business
Make an impact: Be part of solving one of today's biggest challenges creating a sustainable future
Supportive Environment: Work in a collaborative team that values your ideas and invests in your success
Diverse Culture: Join a dynamic, inclusive team of 300+ people from over 50 nationalities