Amsterdam
1 Jul 2026
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Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer

Optics11

Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer

Data & ML Infrastructure Engineer needed to own and evolve the data and ML platform for a deep-tech scale-up in Amsterdam. The role involves designing cloud-agnostic infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability, and bridging data science and IT teams. Requires 5+ years experience with data platforms, cloud infrastructure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Python.

On-siteFull-timeSeniorData PlatformsCloud Infrastructure

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, NL

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

5 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-Senior level

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)
Data platformsCloud infrastructureDistributed systemsAWSGCPAzureTerraformMLflowFeastDVCDataHubAWS SageMakerGoogle Vertex AIMongoDBPostgreSQLInfluxDBApache KafkaRabbitMQDockerKubernetesGitLab CIPythonPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsMLOpsCI/CDInfrastructure-as-CodeContainerization

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)
Data governanceIAMSecurity frameworksCost optimizationResource managementMulti-tenant architectures

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain the data and ML platform infrastructure, including data ingestion, storage, processing, and training systems.
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, and uptime of the platform.
  • Maintain and evolve vendor-delivered platform components.
  • Build and maintain data workflows, including dataset versioning, experiment tracking, and model lifecycle management.
  • Enforce DevOps / MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code.
  • Develop cloud-agnostic and containerized solutions for public and private cloud environments.
  • Optimize data storage, lifecycle policies, and cost efficiency.
  • Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Ensure data governance, security, and compliance (access control, audit logging, anonymization).
  • Collaborate with data scientists, ML engineers, and IT teams.
  • Manage resource and cost controls.
  • Contribute to documentation, operational runbooks, and onboarding materials.
Data & ML Infrastructure EngineerOn-siteAmsterdamML platformCloud infrastructureKubernetesTerraformPythonDeep-tech