Interim Data Engineer

DATA ENGINEER

Contract / Interim | On-site or hybrid (Leiden, Netherlands) | Duration to be confirmed

Our client is the investment arm of one of the world's largest retail groups, managing a diverse portfolio spanning renewable energy, forestry, real estate and financial assets. As part of a strategic data initiative, they are building the data foundations that power financial and asset management reporting across the organisation. You will join this programme to design and build the pipelines and data products that turn fragmented enterprise data into reliable, decision-ready reporting.

You will work across a broad set of source systems and partner with finance, asset management and analytics teams to deliver data that is accurate, traceable and genuinely usable.

About Riverflex

Riverflex was founded in Amsterdam and London in 2018, eventually growing into a global team of consultants united by a mission to help courageous leaders drive transformative change. Today, we offer an integrated service through three service pillars: strategy and transformation consulting that Creates Change, talent services that Build Teams, and business-accelerating products that Augment Intelligence. For more information, visit www.riverflex.com.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and integrations

Build reusable data products from a range of enterprise source systems (including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics and others)

Create robust data models to support financial and asset management reporting

Manage historical and incremental data loading strategies

Ensure data quality, reliability, traceability and accessibility

Enable Power BI reporting through optimised datasets and semantic models

Partner with finance, asset management and data & analytics teams across the business

Support UAT, documentation and knowledge transfer

Job requirements

5+ years of data engineering experience

Strong SQL and Python development skills

Proven experience building enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines

Hands-on experience with the Microsoft Azure data platform

Strong understanding of data quality, governance and metadata management

Experience delivering data products on modern analytics platforms

The following are a plus:

Experience with SAP or Microsoft Dynamics accounting solutions

Experience supporting Power BI reporting solutions

Experience working in Agile delivery teams

Candidates must hold valid EU work authorisation.

Why this role

This is hands-on data engineering with real ownership, at the heart of a well-resourced organisation with a genuinely diverse asset portfolio. You will build the data foundations that finance and leadership depend on - not maintain someone else's legacy, but shape how reporting works across the business.

Interested in this role? Submit your CV and a brief note on your relevant experience through the Riverflex website or reach out to our talent team directly.