Data Engineer

If you already have a few years of experience in Data Engineering but would like to keep learning and further develop your skills, then we have the perfect job for you! We are a global telecom operator and that means we generate loads of events, metrics and logs every minute! Processing these in near-real time is a challenge but a fun challenge.

You will be part of a Data Engineering team with likeminded experts, responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining new automated, reliable, and intuitive solutions using the latest technologies in data flow and data analysis. You will, in this role, not just enjoy work but also keep learning more!

The main responsibilities are:

- Create and modify reliable data flows for analytical and reporting purposes
- Participate in Data Engineering projects e.g., data cleaning, data modelling, data engineering and data governance.
- Demo prototypes to business stakeholders
- Coach other team members in areas you are expert in
- Select, validate, and productionize machine learning models

The main tasks are:

- Set up necessary technology stacks and set up new data flows for analysis
- Identify and solve problems of a complex nature
- Apply statistics and modelling to improve efficiency of systems and relevance algorithms across our network suite
- Administrate and maintain existing data pipelines and data collection system
- Learn new things every day

We believe that you have:

- A degree in data engineering or other relevant background
- High level of drive with an independent approach and high genuine affinity with problem solving
- A few years of experience in system development
- Solid skills in development of complex solutions using Python, SQL, Airflow, Linux, PostgreSQL, Git

The following experience would be desirable:

- Some AWS environment (S3, Glue, Athena, Lambda, EC2)
- Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Kafka, PySpark, Snowflake, Docker, Zabbix, Grafana, Prometheus
- Operations of network (preferably telco)
- Using other open-source software

Your personal characteristics:

- Ability to work independently when needed but care about the team
- Passion to explore and learn more
- Build relationships and convey complex information to a technical and non-technical audience
- We also expect you to be fluent in English, both written and spoken


From humble beginnings in the early 1990s, we have become connectivity partner of choice to the world’s largest content providers, operators and enterprises. In the past, our network laid the very foundations of the Internet revolution and today it’s enabling digitalization throughout business and society.

Arelion, formerly Telia Carrier, is owned by Polhem Infra, a Swedish investment company backed by some of the largest Swedish public pension funds. We started building our network in 1993, when our Autonomous System, AS1299, was allocated, and we’ve grown organically ever since. Our network now stretches 70,000 kms across Europe, North America and Asia and lets you connect directly to more than 2,300 wholesale customers in more than 125 countries. With more than 450 local access partners around the world, we are the backbone of your business, wherever you are.