Senior Data Engineer

Fixing finance - for real

Small businesses drive the economy. They build, hire, innovate, and take risks. But when they need financing, things still move at the speed of paper. Endless forms. Long approvals. Decisions based on history, not logic. We built BridgeFund to fix that. What takes weeks elsewhere happens here in seconds. A small business applies in 3 minutes, and our model decides in one. No paperwork. No waiting. No human bottlenecks. Just smart tech making fair decisions, fast. That is how we grew 74 percent last year, provided over 500 million euros in funding, and will close 2025 profitably. Now we are scaling our data capabilities to make our lending platform even smarter.

“The systems we build decide who gets funded and when. It’s data engineering with real consequences, and that makes it very exciting.”

Your role as Senior Data Engineer

You’ll build and evolve the data platform that powers everything we do, from loan decisions and risk models to the dashboards our teams use every day. You’ll join a compact, high-impact team of data engineers, scientists and analysts who keep our pipelines fast, our systems reliable and our models explainable. Together you’ll turn complex data flows into scalable architecture that helps us lend smarter, and faster. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering and colleagues across the lending journey, from decisioning and risk to funding and portfolio management. The data you build directly shapes how businesses get financed and how we keep improving that experience. This is not a maintenance role. You’ll design the next generation of our data platform, from ingestion pipelines and credit models to MLOps foundations that keep everything running smoothly. You’ll set the standards for scalability, quality and compliance, while giving data scientists and analysts the tools they need to move fast and build with confidence.

What your day to day will look like

• Define and deliver the data product strategy and roadmap across domains such as Lending, Funding, and Risk

• Prioritise initiatives, manage the backlog, and keep stakeholders aligned on progress and outcomes

• Translate business needs into data products that improve decisioning, automation, and insight generation

• Work with the Head of Data, Product, and Engineering to turn BridgeFund’s vision into actionable initiatives that create measurable value

• Build scalable datasets, credit and behavioural scoring models, and performance dashboards as part of a productised data platform

• Safeguard data quality, governance, and documentation in close collaboration with Compliance and Risk

• Measure impact through experimentation, AB testing, and performance tracking

• Communicate clearly with teams and leadership to make complex data concepts simple, visible, and actionable

What you bring

You like solving hard problems with smart people. You know that great data products aren’t built in theory, they’re built in production, one release at a time.

• 5 years of experience as a Data Engineer, Platform Engineer or ML Engineer

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or another technical field

• Strong experience with Python and/or PySpark, and solid SQL skills

• Familiarity with Databricks and Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs)

• Experience with orchestration tools like Databricks Lakeflow Jobs, Airflow or Dagster

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Hands-on experience with unit and integration testing

• Understanding of containerisation techniques such as Docker

• Familiarity with data architecture and system design

• A collaborative mindset and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

We are as proud of our culture as we are of our product

The BridgeFund community is exceptional because we respect one another, care deeply about what we build and move fast without cutting corners. You will have the freedom to grow, learn and experiment, and the support of a team that values craft over titles.

• 6% pension via ASR Doen Pensioen

• 25 paid vacation days plus 8% holiday allowance

• Travel allowance of 0.23 euros per kilometre (even if you cycle)

• 40 euro Alleo budget per month for things like TrainMore, Uber or a day out

• Bridge Day, one extra day off for something that matters to you

• Company boat The Royal Ted for team events or private use

• Sports activities such as boxing classes and a running club

• 50% paid lunches catered by our chef

• Friday drinks, quarterly parties and team outings

• Two weeks per year of remote work from abroad

• Modern workspace with a MacBook, open areas, quiet zones and zero ceiling tiles

• BridgeFund bar with DJ booth, stage and karaoke

• Free snacks, healthy and not so healthy

• BridgeFund Academy for personal growth, learning and coaching

Curious?

Good. That is usually how the best engineers start here at BridgeFund. Apply directly or reach out to Irene at recruitment@bridgefund.nl. We would love to hear what you would build next.

Salary : $6,100 - $7,900