About Harver

Harver is the industry leading hiring solution helping organizations optimize their talent decisions. Rooted in over 35 years of rich data insights, the company’s portfolio of solutions enables organizations to make the best talent decisions across the entire employee lifecycle. Having processed over 100 million candidates, Harver provides trusted, flexible, and adaptable offerings making hiring better, faster, and fundamentally more fair. More than 1,300 customers trust Harver to help put purpose to work.    

At Harver, we:

• Seek to Connect - Connections hold us together and make us stronger. 
• Embrace the Present - Candor is crucial. Everyone has a clear view of what we're doing and why it matters. 
• See it Through - Actions drive outcomes. We each have our role to play and we trust each other to get it done. 
• Envision What's Beyond - We push ourselves to think past the obvious. Because what got us here, won't get us there. 

Job Overview:

We are looking forward to continued growth in 2025 which is why we are looking for a Lead Data/Software Engineer. As a Lead Data/Software Engineer you’ll be part of Harver’s Data team, which consists of a Product Data Architect and a Machine Learning engineer.   

The team is part of the Software department but is also working closely with other departments such as Product, Customer Success and Strategy.   

As this is a hybrid role, we are looking for software engineers with an affinity for data as well as data engineers familiar with software engineering.  

In this role you get to: 

• Deliver software aligned with the technical architecture and product roadmap, as part of a team. The focus is on data related software applications.  
• Play an active role in the development and maintenance of a fast-growing Business Intelligence platform and various machine learning services 
• Create, deploy and manage new and existing data pipelines that are crucial for our real-time in-product reporting which is one of the driving forces behind our SaaS platform’s success 
• Help shape the technical strategy and provide mentorship to team members 
• Collaborate with team members, software domain teams and product management teams to build on Harver’s data-related products 
• Engage in integrating and analyzing data from multiple data sources to drive decision-making 

We’re looking for people who have:  

• At least a bachelor's degree in computer science or related field 
• At least 5 years of data engineering experience using the Python programming language and familiarity with software engineering practices or at least 5 years of software engineering experience with an affinity for data engineering.  
• Experience working with relational and columnar databases (including SQL skills), data warehousing technologies 
• Experience working with data pipelines and awareness of different types of ETL processes and streaming technologies 
• Experience in stakeholder management and project management in general 
• A pragmatic approach to challenges, to keep the team focused and motivated on achieving results 
• A good grasp of software engineering fundamentals and best practices 

Additionally, it would be nice to have:      

• Experience with data visualisation tools such as Looker/Sisense etc. 
• Experience working with the AWS cloud in general and Lambda 
• Familiarity with tools such as Spark/Glue, DBT, Airflow etc.  
• Familiarity with JavaScript or NodeJS 

We will offer you:  

• A competitive base salary and an incentive program;  
• Harver Pension program;  
• 24 days of vacation;  
• Hybrid work schedules with lots of flexibility; 
• Summer Fridays - Take half day off on Fridays to rest and recharge; 
• Monthly connectivity and wellness allowance; 
• The chance to be a part of a high-performing, highly collaborative environment full of people who love what they do and who are dedicated to success;  
• A culture focused on achieving results and transparent communication;  
• A solid, experienced management team invested in your development;  
• An executive team dedicated to the safety and well-being of all team members. 

We are looking for candidates based in Netherlands within commutable distance to the office in Amsterdam.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.