Data Engineer

Junior Data Engineer

Location: Amsterdam
Work model: On-site
Team: Data Quality & Finance Innovation

The opportunity

Are you excited about turning raw data into reliable, useful information? Do you have foundational experience with SQL, data pipelines, or business-intelligence environments and want to develop those skills in a commercial setting?

Creative Clicks is looking for a Junior Data Engineer to join our five-person Data Quality & Finance Innovation team. You will help maintain and improve the data infrastructure supporting our reporting, financial processes, and business decision-making.

Working alongside Data Engineers, Software Developers, Finance Automation Specialists, and Data Analysts, you will learn how data supports performance marketing and e-commerce businesses operating at scale.

This is an opportunity to develop your technical skills, gain commercial domain knowledge, and gradually take ownership of data pipelines and integrations.

What your day will look like

Your work will combine technical focus time with collaboration across different business teams. You will help translate business requirements into technical tasks, maintain existing data structures, and contribute to new data solutions.

You will receive guidance from experienced colleagues while taking increasing ownership of your work.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building, maintaining, and optimizing ETL and data pipelines.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of our data warehouse.
• Mapping and integrating data from multiple internal and external sources.
• Writing and improving SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Helping design data structures for reporting and analytics.
• Building automated controls to monitor data quality and integrity.
• Investigating performance issues and supporting troubleshooting.
• Contributing to AI-enabled solutions within our data warehouse and reporting environment.
• Preparing and maintaining clear technical documentation.
• Supporting reliable data delivery to analytical models, dashboards, and reports.
• Sharing ideas and learning from colleagues through technical discussions and project reviews.

What you bring

• A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Foundational knowledge of SQL, relational databases, and data modelling.
• An understanding of ETL processes and data pipelines.
• Some practical experience gained through employment, an internship, academic projects, or personal projects.
• An interest in cloud-based data environments and modern data engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and an appreciation for accurate, reliable data.
• The ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• A proactive attitude and willingness to ask questions, learn, and improve.
• The ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team.

Nice to have

You do not need to meet every point, but experience with any of the following would be valuable:

• Microsoft Azure or another cloud platform such as AWS or Google Cloud.
• Microsoft SQL Server and the wider Microsoft data stack.
• Python or another programming language used for data processing.
• Power BI or another business-intelligence platform.
• Database performance concepts such as indexing, backups, monitoring, and quality checks.
• AI or machine-learning capabilities within cloud or data environments.
• Performance marketing, e-commerce, or financial reporting data.

What we offer

• Afast-growing,internationalenvironmentwith25+nationalities
• Competitivesalary
• NSBusinessCard(commutingcostsfullycovered)
• 25vacationdays,plustheoptiontobuy10more
• Hybridworksetupandahealthywork-lifebalance
• Freshlunchdailyattheoffice
• Dutchlessonscoveredbyus
• Learningopportunitiestoexpandyourfinanceandcross-departmentalknowledge
• Ayoung,ambitiousteamandabeautifullyrenovatedofficejust2minutesfromLeidseplein
• Aculturethatvaluesownership,speed,collaboration,andcontinuousimprovement

Eligibility

Applicants must currently live in the Netherlands and already have authorization to work in the Netherlands.

Creative Clicks is unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation support for this position.