NN Digital Hub is a subsidiary company of NN Group located in Madrid, Spain. We deliver IT services and solutions for the different international Business Units.
Data Engineering Lead / Evangelist
We are looking for an experienced Data Engineering Lead / Evangelist to join our team at NN and help us achieve our goal of becoming a socially responsible tech company that delivers digital products our customers love. For the Data & AI department at NN Group IT we are seeking an experienced Data Engineering Lead / Evangelist who will help raise the data engineering capability across the organization.
In this role
In this role you will be a technical leader, coach, and community builder for NN's Data Engineering Guild – our global community of data engineers (270+ members). Your will raise the data engineering maturity across a large, federated enterprise by defining best practices, fostering an engaged engineering community, and driving adoption of common tools and platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive data engineering standards & best practices: Establish and maintain robust engineering guardrails that are adopted by teams across business units.
- Community leadership & evangelism: Organize and facilitate Guild events such as meetups, tech talks, office hours, and hackathons to build an active, engaged data engineering community. Serve as a visible champion for shared success, encouraging collaboration and knowledge-sharing across teams.
- Promote reusable patterns & platform adoption: Evangelize reusable engineering patterns, platform capabilities, and shared assets.
- Develop and curate learning programs: Own and continuously improve NN's Data Engineering learning track (part of our internal Data Literacy Program). Ensure the curriculum remains up-to-date, relevant, including creating engaging exercises and assessments.
- Training & onboarding enablement: Deliver training workshops, and onboarding programs for new and experienced data engineers. Act as a coach and mentor, fostering an enablement culture where engineers across all business units can advance their skills.
- Document and communicate effectively: Develop clear documentation, guidelines, FAQs, and playbooks, and ensure these knowledge assets are well-structured, up-to-date, and easily accessible.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Represent Data Engineering in cross-domain forums and communities of practice (e.g. with other guilds Data Science, Architecture, or Engineering). Influence without direct authority: Work closely with data engineering teams in different business units and the central Data Platform team to align on best practices and standards.
Nice to Have
Nice to Have: Experience building or running internal enablement programs (academies, learning tracks, communities of practice, guilds). Relevant certifications (e.g., Databricks Data Engineer) or equivalent demonstrated expertise. Experience working in an enablement-focused setup (CoE, platform team, or federated operating model) is a plus.
The team you’ll join
You will be part of the Data & AI enablement ecosystem, working across the organization to strengthen data engineering capabilities. In this role you will collaborate closely with the DLP stakeholders and the Data Engineering Guild core team to drive standards, community engagement, and adoption. We value teamwork, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning, and we actively encourage innovation and personal development.
What do we offer?
- We work with a hybrid model
- Starting financial aid so you can equip your workspace at home Allowance and telework subventions
- Flexible working hours and 2 months of intensive working hours in summer so you can fully take advantage of your time
- We hire a life insurance and a pension plan for all our employees
- We establish objectives bonus as a performance reward
- You can get to the office as you please.
- We have a free parking lot for cars, motorbikes, electric cars with chargers, and bikes.
- Get to know our flexible retribution facilities such as transport card, nursery checks, health insurance with Sanitas, trainings... We care about people. That is why we are involved in society by facilitating volunteer actions and time to all our employees.
- We care about your wellbeing. We have a Wellness Program available.
- We are digital and we love technology. Also, every team works under agile methodology.
Benefits of working for NN Group Netherlands
- Continuous development - Your career progression matters.
- We support you with a wide range of learning opportunities and a generous training budget to help you reach your full potential.
- Meaningful impact - At NN, we invest our time and expertise in making a meaningful difference - for people and the planet.
- Purpose-driven work is part of our DNA.
- Work-life balance - Vitality is key. Our diverse health and well-being offerings help you stay energised and balanced, both at work and beyond.
- Diversity & Inclusion Our approach to diversity and inclusion is simple. It is about embracing everyone. Our networks play a crucial role in achieving our D&I goals. They aim for meaningful change and create many opportunities to engage, connect and support colleagues. Everyone at NN can take an active part in multiple networks including NN Pride, NN Cultural Diversity Network, NN Young Professionals, Woman in Leadership Network and NN Neurodiversity network.
Top Employer We are proud to be certified as a Top Employer for the 15th year in a row in 2026.
NN Netherlands is the head office of NN Group, a financial services group with over 180 years of history, helping people care for what matters most to them. We are committed to the financial, physical, and mental well-being of our colleagues and customers – through our products, services, and meaningful advice.
In Nationale-Nederlanden we are committed with diversity. We are proud to be an inclusive organization and we offer equal opportunities, regardless of race, cultural background, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, and sexual orientation.