Senior Data Platform Engineer

At DeLaval, we use technology and innovation to support more sustainable food production worldwide. As a global leader in dairy farming solutions, we are connecting farms, data, and cloud services to create new value for farmers around the world.

We are now looking for a Senior Data Platform Engineer to join our Data Platform Team within Digital Services. You'll help build the data platform that powers analytics, AI, and data-driven innovation across DeLaval.

The platform is build with Databricks run on AWS Cloud to provide an unified way to discover, access, and process data across the organization.

We operate using a hub-and-spoke model, where the platform team delivers reusable capabilities while domain teams own their data products and business logic. This enables teams to work independently while benefiting from common standards and tooling.

Role and responsibilities
As a Data Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and cost-efficient platform capabilities that enable teams across DeLaval to develop and run data and AI products at scale.

Key Responsibilities:
• Build and maintain a self-serve data platform using AWS services, Terraform, Databricks
• Implement and manage data mesh principles to support domain-oriented data ownership
• Design and support medallion architecture (bronze, silver, gold layers) using Databricks
• Ensure platform’s scalability, observability, security and cost optimization
• Implement data governance practices including cataloguing, lineage, access control, data contracts and quality controls
• Collaborate in a Scrum team to deliver platform features in an agile, iterative manner
• Support platform users and promote best practices across teams

Qualifications
To be successful in this role we believe that you have:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working in agile/scrum delivery teams
• About 5 years of relevant experience, including 3 years with AWS Cloud Infrastructure
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, EKS, Redshift)
• Proficiency in IAM design: secrets, networking, private connectivity, service principals etc.
• Experience of working with multi account cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CICD
• Programming skills in Python
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Nice to have: experience with Databricks: Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, workflows/jobs, compute/serverless, permissions, external locations/storage credentials, account/workspace architecture

Working at DeLaval
Our core values Passion, People, Professionals and Partnerships connect individuals across entities and geographies. Success is far more than knowledge – it is strongly related to behaviour. At DeLaval we are all guided by our three behaviours: Set Direction, Make Things Happen and One DeLaval.

We offer you a workplace like no other, where state-of-the-art technology goes hand in hand with animal welfare. DeLaval is a part of the Tetra Laval Group together with Tetra Pak and Sidel. In addition, we offer:

• Secure employment and benefits from the collective agreement (occupational pension, work-related accident insurance).
• Parental leave compensation (approx. 10 percent of the employee's monthly salary).
• Wellness allowance of SEK 4 000/year.
• Private healthcare insurance.
• Flexible working hours and reduced working hours.
• 30 days paid annual leave.

Additional information
This is a full-time permanent position based at DeLaval’s headquarters in Tumba, south of Stockholm. We offer a hybrid workplace model, combining on-site work with flexibility to work remotely.

We review applications ongoing. We do not accept applications via email, however if you have any questions regarding the role or the recruitment process don’t hesitate to contact us.

Contact
Hiring manager: Jedrzej Siemienski, jedrzej.siemienski@delaval.com
Recruiter: Mathias Gunnstedt, Mathias.gunnstedt@delaval.com

About DeLaval
Our vision is to make sustainable food production possible. As a company built on innovation, we constantly work to find ways of helping our customers, dairy farmers, do more with less by providing world-leading milking equipment and solutions.

Today, DeLaval has approximately 4,900 passionate professionals operating in more than 90 markets around the world. DeLaval is part of the Tetra Laval Group.
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