Medior Data Engineer

Utrecht - Netherlands

Yearly Salary: EUR 60000 - 72000

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job description

Lets transform healthcare

About Vitestro

Founded in 2017 in Utrecht Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device (ARPD). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members growing rapidly we are scaling our impact. As we placed our first devices with customers we are now expanding our team to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

At Vitestro we are committed to continuous innovation and improvement.

Join us as our new Data Engineer.

As a Data Engineer in the Application Team at Vitestro you will play a critical role in enabling us to make data-driven decisions and gain deep insights into the performance of our devices. With our team at a pivotal phase of growth its the perfect time for dynamic individuals like you to contribute and make an impact.

Your Responsibilities

In an agile cloud-native environment you will:

Develop enhance and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python (Polars) scripts in containerized deployments including writing unit tests managing schema versioning and performing impact analyses.
Integrate pipelines using cloud-native orchestration and execution services.
Analyze and resolve data issues coordinating required changes with software engineers and extending automated data quality checks (e.g. completeness and consistency).
Collaborate closely with the Senior Data Engineer to scale pipeline performance while adhering to established architectural patterns.
Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver clean well-structured and insightful dashboards.
Contribute to pipeline auditability traceability and controlled change management.

You will also have opportunities to grow beyond business intelligence by contributing to data science initiatives fault analysis tools and support for machine learning and AI workflows embedded in our devices.

Job requirements

What You Bring

A degree in Computer Science Data Engineering Applied Physics or a closely related technical field; equivalent professional experience will also be considered.
25 years of experience in data engineering backend engineering or analytics-focused software development roles.
Strong proficiency in Python with solid software engineering fundamentals such as modular design testing version control and code review practices.
Hands-on experience building and operating ETL/ELT pipelines in data lake or lakehouse environments with familiarity with modern Python data processing libraries (e.g. Polars Pandas PyArrow PySpark).
Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data requirements into reliable technical implementations.

Nice to Have

Experience with AWS-native data and orchestration services such as AWS Glue AWS Step Functions and AWS Lambda as well as containerized deployments.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code CI/CD pipelines and DataOps practices in a cloud environment.
Exposure to data quality frameworks anomaly detection and high-volume batch-oriented data workflows.
Prior experience in regulated industries (e.g. medical devices healthcare life sciences) or environments requiring traceability and controlled change management.
While familiarity with these areas is a bonus what matters most is your eagerness to learn and grow. At Vitestro we are committed to supporting you every step of the way on your learning journey.

What we offer

Competitive salary including pension plan
25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position
Hybrid work model
Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht
Frequent out-of-work activities with our team (such as our Skitestro ski-trip)
Training budget
Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics

We offer an environment where you can make a real impact by joining a growing MedTech scale-up. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges involved in developing manufacturing and bringing our breakthrough medical device to market. We work in an open culture where we strive for excellence across all domains. We value courage challenge each other constructively and learn and teachregardless of age nationality or gender.

Are you excited

We totally understandso are we! By joining us you can play an active role in shaping the future of healthcare. Ready to join our revolution Wed love to hear from you.

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Job descriptionLets transform healthcareAbout VitestroFounded in 2017 in Utrecht Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device (ARPD). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared ultrasound and D...