Data Solutions Architect

We are convinced that outside is exciting, relaxing, and inspiring. It's versatile, for some it is a place to relax, for others it is the ultimate challenge. A place to enjoy and where big and small moments come together. It's a place to be discovered or recognized. But the outdoors can also be treacherous and unpredictable. Weather and terrain can surprise you. Our mission is to enable all people to spend inspiring and epic moments outside.

Yonderland is a European group of premium brands and retail concepts focused on outdoors. Including A.S. Adventure, Juttu, Bever, Cotswold, Snow+Rock, Runnersneed and Ayacucho. Yonderland runs over 190 shops in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Great-Britain and The Netherlands and resides in Belgium.

We are looking for a Data Solutions Architect to join our team

Yonderland runs its data platform on AWS, with Snowflake, dbt and Airflow above it and a large operational database estate underneath. As our Data Solutions Architect, you will lead the design of all of it, acting as the technical reference for the data function on architecture, cloud and automation. Your work will run from the design of new implementations and integration patterns between systems, through how data is processed at volume, to how the platforms themselves are built, deployed and automated - with security, compliance and data quality built into every design. This is a hands-on role: architecture ownership paired with real engineering work, and current coding experience is required. You report to the Head of Data & AI.

You will

• Own the architecture, scalability and automation of the data platform.
• Define standards and best practices for data solutions, integrations and cloud infrastructure.
• Design distributed, real-time and high-volume data processing architectures.
• Lead solution design, architectural governance and technical decision-making.
• Drive AWS cloud architecture, IaC, CI/CD and platform optimization.
  Translate business needs into scalable data, integration and AI solutions.

You have

• Senior experience architecting data platforms that run at high volume in production.
• A track record of defining standards that other engineers went on to adopt.
• A hands-on engineering background, with coding experience that is current.
• Deep, hands-on architecture and operating experience on AWS (equivalent depth on Azure or GCP considered).
• Production-level Python.
• Experience with a high-volume parallel processing engine such as Spark or Flink, including partitioning, state handling and performance tuning.
• Terraform experience is required, sinc

• A versatile position with pronounced responsibility and variety in a strongly growing and innovative market leader, operating internationally with headquarters in Hoboken (Antwerp) and offices in the Netherlands and the UK.
• The IT organisation is a driving force to support the strong growth and you will help shape it.
• An open corporate culture where you can be yourself.
• A competitive gross monthly salary in proportion to your experience, including the possibility of a company car, supplemented by fringe benefits such as meal vouchers, group and hospitalisation insurance, additional holidays, and staff discount.
• Adventurous colleagues in an international and diverse team.
• The opportunity to participate in our bootcamps (showers available) and various team events twice a week during the lunch break.

We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, background, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or belief. Your talent is what matters most.