Senior Data Engineer

Are you someone who is eager to drive innovation with data and analytics? Interested in playing a pivotal role in advancing Aftonbladet, Omni, and Svenska Dagbladet? And joining us to support our dedication to independent and strong fact-based journalism?

Our data and analytics team focuses on more than just building pipelines - it's about linking people with data to empower stakeholders through tools, products, insights, and advice for data-driven decisions. We are committed to educating, evangelizing, and supporting our business end-to-end.

This role entails ensuring our data architecture meets business needs, recommending ways to improve data quality and reliability. With our placement in the news media industry, this often means supporting near-real time needs. Additionally, it is important to be savvy in monitoring and optimizing the costs of processing data, as well as assessing and addressing potential security vulnerabilities. You report directly to the Head of Analytics & Insights.

Since spring 2023, Aftonbladet's data and analytics team is part of the organization Subscription Sweden, a larger family of Schibsted's News Media brands - Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet, Omni, Wellobe and Podme. Collaborating across, we foster collective growth. Your team therefore consists of colleagues with data and analysis skills from various brands, some of whom, like you, devote most of their work to Aftonbladet. Our stakeholders are from all parts of the organization; i.e. the Product teams, Editorial, Subscription Business, Advertising and Commerical departments.

The team manages the collection, structuring, enrichment, and analysis of all available data - with Aftonbladet alone producing 400 million events and over 20 billion data points daily. We utilize a modern cloud-based data warehouse (Snowflake/AWS), along with tools such as dbt, Airflow, Docker, Tableau and Amplitude.

You strive to master the arts of:

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Building large-scale ELT pipelines; designing and ensuing data flows across Schibsted News Media; leveraging AWS, Snowflake, dbt and many other state of the art data and analytics technologies.

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Proactively surveying the technical architecture, tooling and solution landscape seeking opportunities to optimize time to data, data quality and model agility.

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Documenting, monitoring and consistently improving our data flows by working together with the central data platform teams.

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Ensuring data privacy regulations are solidly and efficiently adhered to in all our data engineering work.

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Collaborating and communicating – we operate as a unified team.


You have:

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A Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or Informatics.

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At least 4 years' experience in big data or data engineering, with proficiency in data pipeline construction and transformation.

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An appreciation for experimentation and the autonomy to develop unique solutions.

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Strong business acumen with the ability to toggle between detailed technical and high-level conceptual perspectives.

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Teamwork skills and belief in the mantra: "To go fast, go alone; to go far, go together".

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A curious nature, with a drive to learn, acknowledge mistakes, and grow from them.

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Fluency in English and SQL, along with a programming language like Python, Java, or Scala.

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A basic understanding of Swedish - in the end, all our articles are written in Swedish and so is most of the metadata.


Hello from a fellow team member!

Hi, I'm Emil, and I'll be working with you on the team. Working at Aftonbladet & Subscription Sweden on the data side offers many benefits, including an open approach to tackling challenges and a strong tech community within the organization. Our team oversees three brands - Aftonbladet, SvD, and Omni - and there's a wealth of data ready for exploration. New ideas frequently evolve into projects, and opportunities to experiment with new tech stacks are just around the corner - that is if you want to. It's a fast-paced environment that is incredibly stimulating.

The best thing for me personally, is the team. I'm surrounded by amazing and highly competent colleagues who are always supportive and go above and beyond. There's nothing we can't discuss, and there's a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere in the team. Johanna, our manager, has clear goals of where the team is heading, and I feel at ease with her spearheading the team. She's an excellent partner for brainstorming and knows the ins and outs of analytics.

The workplace:

Schibsted News Media is the leading media group in Scandinavia. Our publications are known for their exceptional journalism, high editorial independence and strong digital development. Our portfolio includes leading brands like VG, Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende, Stavanger Aftenblad, E24, Aftonbladet, Omni, and Svenska Dagbladet, which keep the public informed about significant societal issues. In addition, we have several digital niche products such as Podme, Wellobe, Vektklubb, Fri Flyt and Klart.

At Aftonbladet and Subscription Sweden, you'll find a hybrid, casual, and welcoming work environment within one of the Nordic region's most dynamic and progressive companies. Located in the heart of Stockholm, our office offers a multitude of benefits and avenues for career advancement as part of the Schibsted family.


Schibsted is a family of digital brands with a strong Nordic position, and more than 6,000 employees. Millions of people interact with our companies every day through our leading online marketplaces, world-class media houses. We also help new promising businesses grow. Our joint mission of empowering people in their daily lives is rooted in the values of our media heritage and a legacy of bold change. At our best, we are a fearless force for change in a society built on trust and transparency.

Product & Tech is responsible for product development and technology platforms for News Media brands. The unit consists of product managers, software engineers, UX experts, and user researchers. Most of our teams work distributed, with colleagues in Oslo, Stockholm, Krakow, Gdansk, Bergen, and Stavanger.