Data engineer

We are seeking an experienced Data engineer to lead our data infrastructure initiative, out of our European headquarters in Amsterdam. This role is pivotal in shaping our data strategy, driving business insights, and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

What you will be doing

As a key member of our team, you will report to our VP of Revenue Operations and collaborate closely with engineering to create a robust data infrastructure, ensuring a strong foundation for BI reporting and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering to create and maintain a scalable and reliable data infrastructure with the end goal of supporting robust BI reporting.
• Introduce new tools and workflows, and improve existing ones to make data processing and analysis easier and faster (we currently use CockroachDB/Postgres, AWS, Redis, Kafka, BigQuery, and Looker);
• Design, integrate, and document technical components to grow our data platform
• Investigate data problems, system gaps and clean the data and continuously optimize data quality
• Ensure data systems are optimized for speed and efficiency to drive business decisions 
• Interview key stakeholders across the organization to understand their data and BI requirements, gain familiarity with how they use systems and data to support their function on a daily basis and develop a process to ensure that those data elements are served well from our data infrastructure and overall BI strategy.
• Partner with the VP of Revenue Operations on important BI initiatives that support the GTM organization
• Provide a trusted data fabric for stakeholders across the company such that they can abandon siloed systems in exchange for a centralized data service that is trusted, accurate and complete.

About You

As a member of the team, you must be excited to grow with Stream. At our core, we are a startup - you should be able to act quickly, thrive in uncertainty, and love pivoting to new technologies.

You have

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in a data engineering role, with a proven track record of setting up and improving data infrastructure. 
• Strong engineering background, that also includes IT infrastructure, business intelligence, or advanced analytics development
• Experience in data warehouse design and data processing tools
• Experience in data pipeline design, both batch and streaming
• Proficiency in Python and SQL
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to work on-site in Amsterdam 3 days per week, with flexibility for remote work on other days.

Don’t fall into all of the requirements? You don’t have to match every bullet as long as you can grow into the role and provide value to the team.

Bonus points

• RESTful API development and deployment experience
• Experience consuming REST and Graphql APIs
• Understanding of the SaaS business model and key metrics.
• Familiarity with working within Revenue Operations to align BI efforts with revenue goals.
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable data insights and strategies.

 Why join Stream?

• History of success. From Amsterdam to Boulder and Techstars in between, Stream has raised over $58.25M to build the best Chat Messaging & Activity Feed infrastructure available, with best-in-class support.
• Freedom and endless growth opportunities. As a rapidly growing startup (since 2020 we have gone from 30 to 150 employees), Stream gives you unique personal and professional growth opportunities. The opportunity of true ownership and accountability has a massive impact on your career. These are the things you can rarely experience in huge corporations.
• Be on the front line of progress and innovation. While working with cutting-edge technology, we are passionate about tackling difficult tech problems at scale and creating reusable components for them, empowering engineering teams to ship apps faster, more securely, and with a better user experience.
• They believe in us: Stream is backed by leading VC companies (Felicis Ventures, GGV Capital, 01.Advisors, Techstars, Arthur Ventures), including backers like Dick Costolo (01 Advisors, ex-CEO of Twitter), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Tom Preston-Werner (Co-Founder of GitHub), Nicolas Dessaigne (Co-Founder of Algolia), Johnny Boufarhat (Founder and CEO of Hopin).
• Complete location and working hours flexibility. If you prefer working from the office, working 100% remotely, combining both, or relocating to our AMS office, you have total freedom to choose what works best for you and makes you happy. We’re here to support you in being productive and feeling part of the team, no matter where you are.

What we have to offer you

Stream employees enjoy some of the best benefits in the industry:

• 28 days paid time off plus paid Dutch holidays
• Company Equity
• A pension scheme
• Remote work flexibility
• A Learning and Development budget
• NS business card or a company bike-covered
• Fitness stipend
• Monthly in-office chair massages by a professional
• Parental leave paid at 100%
• MacBook Pro provided
• Healthy team lunches and plenty of snacks
• A generous relocation package
• An office in the heart of Amsterdam
• The opportunity to attend or present at global conferences and meetups
• The possibility to visit our office in Boulder, CO

Note: this list of benefits applies to Netherlands-based employees and is adjusted per your location of residence.

Our culture

• Stream has a casual social culture, our team is diverse, and we all have different backgrounds. Now, Stream is a team of over 130+ peers from over 35 countries across the globe.
• We value transparency, aim for excellence, and support each other on our way to new victories.
• Our team consists of the strongest talents worldwide, making Stream a great place to learn and improve your skills.
• When it comes to software engineering, our culture is oriented towards ownership and quality: our goal is to deliver stable software.
• If you are interested in becoming a part of what we do, apply now!

Stream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.