Soil Capital

Data Engineer

Soil Capital
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeLouvain-la-Neuve • BelgiumMid-LevelSenior💰 €58,000 - €65,000 per yearWebsite
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Demonstrates extensive experience in data engineering, focusing on building and maintaining scalable data platforms and pipelines. Proficient in Python, SQL, and modern lakehouse architectures, with a strong emphasis on data governance and collaboration across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Data Engineering ExperiencePython ProficiencySQL ProficiencyMicrosoft Fabric ExpertiseCI/CD and Data Governance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowPySparkPythonSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build and own data foundations including curated datasets, serving layers, QA pipelines, and conventions.
  • Build and maintain pipelines and ingestion patterns for new data sources, including complex external sources, in the datalake.
  • Establish conventions, structures, and shared datasets for consistent data-science work.
  • Turn one-off data-science outputs into documented, reusable data products.
  • Provide a clean, well-modelled data layer for BI analysts and product teams.
  • Set up AI-centered solutions to make data more accessible and useful to internal stakeholders.
  • Maintain documentation and lineage so data is discoverable, understandable, and trusted.
  • Deploy QA processes that keep data reliable and pipelines green.
  • Collaborate with Tech, product, BI analysis, and data science teams to accelerate client-ready insights.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of data engineering experience.
  • Proven history of evolving data platforms from bespoke, per-project plumbing toward reusable, productised foundations.
  • Deep, hands-on expertise architecting and scaling modern lakehouse platforms.
  • Microsoft Fabric and Spark (PySpark, SparkSQL) strongly preferred; equivalent Databricks or Synapse experience welcome.
  • Fluency in Python and SQL.
  • Ability to design robust dimensional and Medallion architectures from scratch.
  • Experience architecting ingestion patterns for complex, unfamiliar external datasets, ideally including geospatial or remote-sensing data.
  • Experience with CI/CD, deployment pipelines, and data governance, including access, cataloguing, quality, and lifecycle.
  • Familiarity with Power BI sufficient to support the reporting layer.
  • Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, or Cursor.
  • Experience with orchestration and workflow automation such as n8n or Airflow, and dbt or equivalent transformation tooling is nice to have.
  • Genuine interest in agriculture, climate, or carbon markets.
  • English working proficiency.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible holiday policy: take the holidays you need, while coordinating with your team and respecting the demands of your role.
  • Comprehensive health insurance with Alan for you and your family.
  • Public transport reimbursement if you come to the office by public transport.
  • Flexible remote work up to 2 days per week, provided you coordinate with your colleagues.
  • Excellent office in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, with hybrid working; possibly access to London or Paris offices.
  • Quarterly company events and visits to Paris and London offices.
  • Mission-driven career in a company transforming farming and food sectors.

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Hard Skills
Data Pipeline DevelopmentDimensional Architecture DesignMedallion ArchitectureData Ingestion PatternsQA ProcessesData ModelingData CataloguingData Quality ManagementAI-Centered SolutionsWorkflow Automation
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft FabricSparkPySparkSparkSQLPower BIClaude CodeCopilotCursorN8nAirflow
Industry Keywords
Data LakehouseGeospatial DataRemote-Sensing DataAgricultureClimateCarbon Markets