Stiftung Constanter is a private charitable foundation that was established by the Brenninkmeijer family owners and is based in Switzerland. Constanter’s mission is to promote respect for human dignity, sustainability and social justice by collaborating with people and institutions to realise objectives for the common good.

The Constanter Investment Office manages a diversified portfolio of investments that allow for the philanthropic work of the Brenninkmeijer family business owners. We do so across public, private, and real asset classes using a Total Portfolio approach, looking to produce superior risk-adjusted returns. We embrace a long-term value-based investment approach built on strong partnerships.

We believe that positive returns and sustainability go hand in hand. So we invest in accordance with our responsible investment policy and look for companies and funds to take their environmental, social and governance responsibilities seriously.  

As the lead Data Engineer you will build up our data architecture capability and drive the strategy and its implementation, along with growing and developing the function. You will act as an advocate for data, engaging with stakeholders across the business to drive participation and support for our strategic objectives to meet the needs of the Investment Office.

Build and maintain a data strategy that enables the Investment Office to navigate their large and complex dataset at ease, creating easy to use solutions that enable them to clearly see the details and provide them with tooling to analyse and present data.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver long-term strategy goals for data architecture vision and standards in conjunction with stakeholders within the Investment Office and Constanter Philanthropic Support IT.
• Defining and developing the data framework, standards, and principles, including modelling, metadata, security, reference data and master data.
• Leading and defining data flows, i.e., which parts of the organization generate data, which require data to function, how data flows are managed, and how data changes in transition.
• Develop and implement backend infrastructures to support data flow and storage.
• Develop tools for data visualisations, data management and business intelligence dashboards.
• Monitor the data quality and ensure the data is reliable and ready for use
• Influencing stakeholders to meet their data goals and support them on their digital journey by helping to design and implement these standards.
• You will work collaboratively with and alongside senior stakeholders, which requires the ability to challenge and probe where needed, being confident in the solutions you are recommending.
• You drive quality improvements

• Prior experience in delivering high level design for data transformation is key alongside taking an architectural approach to data solutions, a cloud approach, and possessing real time data experience to provide an accurate, live view of the business.
• Extensive experience of delivering flexible, reliable, supportable logical and physical data models, for an enterprise that supports internal and external systems.
• Successfully (helped) build a data architecture/foundation and experience with influencing senior stakeholders
• A master’s degree in finance, computer science or quantitative studies.
• A strong background and at least 5 years’ experience in data architecture, data modelling and data definition and currently working in a similar role, in a forward thinking and fast paced business
• Proficient knowledge in Python or similar high-level programming languages
• Hands-on experience in a cloud infrastructure, preferably Azure.
• Exposure to modern data architectures such as data mesh/data lakes and their accompanying technologies would be advantageous but your drive to innovate and deliver solutions will also complement your technical ability.

What we offer

By joining our team, you will become part of this remarkable journey. You will work in a fun and highly dynamic environment and have the opportunity to collaborate with, and learn from expert colleagues. Part of your role will be contributing to the best outcomes for the charitable entities’ investment strategies and their portfolios - and enhancing its responsible investing activities, in support of our mission.  

Additional information 

• Geographic scope: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Reference checks are part of the final hiring procedure.
• Questions? Please contact us via [email protected]

Investment Office is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse team.  We strongly encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, LGBTQI candidates, women, ethnic, racial and religious minorities, and other underrepresented groups.